FESCO, the Russian Far East Shipping Company managed by state nuclear group Rosatom, said its Vietnam unit expects cargo volumes from Indonesia to rise as Russia–Indonesia free-trade ties develop. The unit’s general manager Alexander Priskoka said Vietnam is currently the largest Southeast Asian source of FESCO cargo, followed by Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia, and the company expects Indonesian volumes to increase under recent government decisions.

Kyodo reported Japan Defence Ministry’s Okinawa Defense Bureau said on the 23rd the US mid-range missile launcher "Typhon", previously temporarily stationed at Maritime Self-Defense Force Kanoya Air Base in Kanoya, Kagoshima, has been moved to US Kadena Air Base in Okinawa. The bureau said in September US officials described storage at Kadena as not a permanent deployment and said no operational unit would be based there. Kadena town mayor has demanded the plan be withdrawn. The Russian foreign ministry earlier called the deployment unacceptable and urged Japan to acknowledge WWII outcomes and stop re-militarization.

Egypt's prime minister said Egypt plans to raise the wheat purchase price next season to 2,650 Egyptian pounds (EGP) per ardeb from 2,500 EGP per ardeb, about $47.96.