The Iran war has made Japan keenly aware of how totally dependent it is on oil from the Gulf, which made up more than 95 percent of its oil imports before the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, along with a slew of other related products, such as naphtha. Saudi Arabia and the UAE alone accounted for more than 80 percent of its oil import needs. In addition to the emergency measures it took within Japan after the war began, Tokyo also reached out to Gulf Cooperation Council countries to work out what they could do from their end.

The renewed tensions surrounding the Strait of Hormuz have once again highlighted the fragility of global energy security and the close relationship between geopolitics, maritime…

The Iran war has made Japan keenly aware of how totally dependent it is on oil from the Gulf, which made up more than 95 percent of its oil imports before the closure of the…

イラン戦争により、日本はペルシャ湾産原油への依存度が極めて高いことを痛感した。ホルムズ海峡が封鎖される前、日本の原油輸入の95%以上をペルシャ湾産が占めており、ナフサなど関連製品も多数輸入されていた。 サウジアラビアとア・・・