Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group analyst Lee Hardman said in a report that the prospect of FX intervention is currently slowing the yen’s decline. Japan’s finance minister Katayama said she and US Treasury Secretary Bessent agreed to take bold measures on the exchange rate if necessary, fuelling speculation that coordinated US-Japan intervention could more effectively push USD/JPY lower. BOJ June minutes signalled support for further tightening, but that hawkish tilt has yet to strengthen the yen.

On June 23 in Islamabad, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said after talks with Iranian President Pezeshkian that Pakistan and Iran will build an "iron wall" to jointly resist any forces attempting to undermine regional peace and are determined to thwart efforts to derail the peace process. Sharif called the talks productive and friendly, welcomed last week’s US‑Iran memorandum of understanding, and said he will visit Tehran next week.

美國國務卿魯比奧：我們將直接與黎巴嫩政府進行接觸。