Hello, this is Kenji in Tokyo.
Since Donald Trump began his second term as US president in January, most of us living in this part of the world have probably got into the habit of checking first thing in the morning what he said, wrote or did while Asia was sleeping. This may have already led some of us to develop a sort of immunity to being shocked by his words and actions.
But the surprise attack against three nuclear sites in Iran by the US on Sunday morning surely came as a rude awakening for a lot of people, as it clearly escalated the war between Israel and Iran, deepening the crisis in the Middle East — and potentially for the entire world.