Al Jazeera reports US-Iran talks have moved into technical consultations.

Minoru Kiuchi, minister for economic growth strategy, said on Friday Japan no longer needs large-scale monetary easing and flexible fiscal spending. Kiuchi, one of the cabinet’s more pro-reflation figures, said the era of “Abenomics-style” reflation centered on aggressive monetary easing and flexible fiscal policy has ended. He added Japan is no longer in an era of monetary easing and has entered a phase of gradually rising prices and rising interest rates.

TypeSafe AI is in talks for a new funding round that could total at least $1 billion, according to The Information.