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Golden Ten Data, April 15—A senior official from Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said on Wednesday that Japan plans to release around 36 million barrels of national oil reserves starting from early May, with contracts with refineries expected to be finalized by the end of April. Last week, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi stated that Japan intends to tap into 20 days’ worth of oil reserves from May in order to ensure stable domestic supply. At the same time, Japan is also seeking oil resources outside the Middle East, as ongoing conflict between the United States, Israel, and Iran has disrupted global energy transportation. On March 16, Japan began unilaterally releasing oil reserves and acted in coordination with other countries, preparing according to plan a sufficient amount to cover 50 days of oil reserves; this newly announced 20 days' release is in addition to that amount. Japan’s daily oil demand stands at around 1.8 million barrels.

Foresight News reports that on Polymarket, the probability that "Anthropic's market capitalization will exceed 600 billion US dollars on its IPO's first day of closing" has risen to 86%. In addition, the probability that Anthropic will not IPO by December 31, 2027 has dropped by 32% to 10%. The current trading volume in this prediction market is 176,000 US dollars.

Golden Ten Data reported on April 15 that economists at Nomura stated in a report that Bank Indonesia may keep its policy rate unchanged at 4.75% this year, as it remains committed to maintaining the stability of the rupiah. The central bank kept rates steady in March and shifted to a more hawkish stance, abandoning earlier expectations of a rate cut later this year. Nomura noted: "We currently do not expect Bank Indonesia to raise rates, but if (balance of payments) pressures intensify and Bank Indonesia's reserve adequacy indicators drop significantly further, risks may increase."