Japan and the GCC to reenergize and expand ties

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.

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