Trump on Iran said the US has not actually been at war for most of this conflict.

Japan's domestic auto sales rose 0.5% year-on-year in October.

Nikkei reports foreign issuers have turned to Japanese investors amid a global AI cloud funding surge. Daiwa Securities data show foreign entities’ yen bond issuance totaled a record ¥2.5 trillion in April–September this year, up 160% YoY and above the ¥2.1 trillion posted in Oct 2018–Mar 2019. Alphabet issued ¥576.5 billion in May, the largest single yen deal, and is expected to use proceeds for large-scale AI infrastructure investment. A major securities house said most overseas issuers convert yen bond proceeds into dollars or euros.