REPLAY: France's Macron, Japan Takaichi hold press briefing

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French President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday that he shared Japanese Prime ‌Minister Sanae ⁠Takaichi's position on ‌the need to ⁠restore freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, ‌speaking alongside her in Tokyo. The US–Israeli ‌war with Iran has rattled global markets and effectively shut the Strait of Hormuz, a conduit for a fifth of global oil and liquefied natural gas flows.

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