Jason Douglas

Exports of U.S. oil and gas have soared, but the U.S. will face obstacles turning wartime demand into a permanent boost

Though the government and central bank typically don’t say when they intervene in currency markets, traders and analysts said the move had all the hallmarks of a foreign-exchange intervention to push back against relentless one-way pressure on the Japanese currency.

TOKYO—To see how far the ripples from the Iran war are spreading, consider the Japanese yen.

In the two months since the Strait of Hormuz was closed, many of the world’s major economies have been soldiering on.

Jason Douglas TOKYO—One of the major surprises about the gravest energy shock since the 1970s is how resilient much of the world has been so far.

Japanese snack maker Calbee is turning to monochrome packaging for popular chips, citing chemical shortages.

Jason Douglas, Junko Fukutome TOKYO—War in Iran is draining the color from Japanese supermarket shelves.

The Japanese drugmaker that sells rare-disease medicine Tavneos said new patients will be able to get the drug, which carries risk of liver injury.

Toshifumi Suzuki realized early on that convenience stores should cater to local tastes.

Beijing’s move to choke off the supply spurred companies to develop new products that could potentially circumvent Chinese sources.