A tanker takes 23 days to reach Japan via the Bab el-Mandeb strait but more than twice that, at 55 days, via the Suez Canal...

Japan expects September crude imports to fall to about 80% of normal as Red Sea disruptions lengthen tanker voyages, but says existing reserves and alternative supplies can cover…

Japan is preparing a sweeping energy-security plan to diversify crude supplies, support pipelines bypassing the Strait of Hormuz, and strengthen its resilience to Middle East…