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US may boost pressure on Japan to send SDF to Middle East

Reportedly, U.S. President Trump named South Korea, Japan, and China as countries that should take responsibility for guarding the Strait of Hormuz. He said, “Let Japan do it. They get 90 percent of the oil from the strait.”

US list confirms residents’ concerns that local missile and ammunition depots could be targeted

U.S. Central Command, which is leading the ongoing U.S.-Israeli strikes against Iran, released a “target list” that identifies “missile manufacturing facilities and ammunition depots” and “surface-to-air missile facilities” as potential targets for an enemy attack.

Shii on X comments on Trump’s address regarding war on Iran

Shii condemned Trump for making threats against Iran by saying, “We’re going to bring them back to the Stone Ages,” and for irresponsibly saying that countries affected by the Strait of Hormuz crisis should “go to the Strait and just take it.”

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