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Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on May 21 directed ministers to tackle distribution bottlenecks for naphtha-derived products at the Ministerial Meeting on the Situation in the Middle East. Imports of naphtha from the Middle East have...
A crude oil tanker owned by a subsidiary of major Japanese oil distributor Idemitsu Kosan Co. arrived at a pier off Chita, Aichi Prefecture, on May 25 after crossing the Strait of Hormuz. The Idemitsu Maru, which arrived at Ise Wan Sea Berth...
The government is considering a fiscal 2026 supplementary budget of about ¥3 trillion mainly in light of the situation in the Middle East, sources have said. The government plans to allocate about ¥2.5 trillion as reserve funds to be...
Sixty-four percent of respondents said they were not convinced by the government's explanation about the naphtha supply, according to a nationwide survey conducted by The Yomiuri Shimbun from May 22-24. The government has said there...
The Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry is urging telecoms and local governments to take stronger security measures to defend against cyberattacks using high-performance AI. “The risk of high-performance AI being misused to...