Poland's president said Putin could use force at any time against NATO countries on the alliance's eastern flank.

Asahi Shimbun reports the Japanese government may revise monetary-policy wording in its draft annual economic and fiscal policy guidelines to avoid giving the impression it is pressuring the Bank of Japan. The earlier draft described the "appropriate implementation" of monetary policy as "extremely important," a phrase some read as signaling opposition to further BOJ tightening. The updated draft adds inflation language, calling for appropriate monetary policy to promote stable price rises; a government official said the change reflects some market participants' misreading of the original wording.

CNN reported U.S. officials said the strike on Iran was a "punitive action, not a proportional response," and that the operation "will not end in the short term."