Israel Defense Forces said it intercepted two missiles launched from Lebanon after alerts sounded across multiple areas in northern Israel.

A Teikoku Databank survey of 195 major Japanese food and beverage manufacturers found 1,078 food items are expected to see price increases in June, citing higher raw-material and packaging costs linked to the Middle East situation. Planned rises cover processed foods, condiments and edible oils; instant noodles +6–10%, edible oils +11–15%, potato chips +5–30%.

China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) minister Li Lecheng said in a People’s Daily article that Beijing will build mechanisms to boost investment and share risk for “future industries,” citing long incubation cycles and high market risk. He called for exploring funding approaches that encourage innovation and tolerate failure, mobilising government investment funds and national industry–finance cooperation platforms and stepping up financial support. The MIIT urged development of a tech-finance services system and new financing tools to attract social capital into early-stage and patient investments, prioritising early, small-scale backing of hard‑tech. It also reiterated acceleration of manufacturing talent programs, faster cultivation and recruitment of cross-disciplinary and high‑skill personnel, and optimisation of university disciplines to strengthen industry‑tech innovation talent pools.