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Japan’s Takaichi Seeks Talks With Iran’s Leader Before Ultimatum
Japan is preparing leadership-level talks with Iran as 43 Japan-linked vessels remain stuck in the Strait of Hormuz, officials said.
- Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is arranging leadership-level talks with Iran and potentially President Donald Trump to address the Strait of Hormuz crisis before the US ultimatum expires on Tuesday.
- President Donald Trump extended his deadline for Tehran to open the strait, a critical choke point through which Japan secures over 90% of its oil. He threatens to bomb Iranian energy plants unless the waterway reopens.
- Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara reported 43 Japan-linked vessels remain trapped in the strait. Takaichi confirmed Japan holds eight months of oil reserves and four months of naphtha stockpiled domestically.
- Takaichi denied media reports claiming Japan will be unable to ensure energy supplies by June, stating the government is actively diversifying suppliers for midstream products to mitigate disruptions.
- Former diplomat Koichiro Tanaka at Keio University suggests the US refusal to act as regional "guarantor" creates a power vacuum that China could fill given its energy reliance on the Persian Gulf and Indian Ocean.
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Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi announced that he would like to hold discussions with Iranian leader and, if possible, have a separate telephone conversation with Donald Trump, on the basis of the recent threat to bomb Iran's key infrastructure. Takaichi's comments came in the context in which Trump warned Tehran that the US will bomb Iranian power stations if the Ormuz Stream does not open, a strategic point by which Japan provides more …
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