Overview
- - The U.S. Court of International Trade directed the government to begin refunding tariffs collected under measures the Supreme Court ruled illegal, raising administrative and fiscal questions for implementation.
- - Lebanon’s state news agency reported 217 deaths since March 2 in renewed Hezbollah–Israel fighting, as Israel kept up strikes and Japan’s transport minister said a Japan-linked ship in the Gulf of Oman suffered minor damage from falling fragments with no injuries or service impact.
- - Hong Kong Customs said it seized gold and silver bullion worth about HK$233 million from Japan-bound cargo at the airport, describing it as the territory’s largest precious-metals bust and investigating suspected tax-evasion motives tied to duty-free purchases.
- - Japan’s ruling coalition advanced a proposal to relax defense export rules to deepen cooperation with like‑minded partners and bolster the domestic industry, with debates over adequate safeguards still unresolved.
- - TEPCO plans to deliver a 22‑meter robotic arm to Fukushima Daiichi this month for trial cutting and debris retrieval after roughly nine years of development, as a separate ILO report warned that rapid generative‑AI adoption could widen labor‑market gender gaps.