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Turning to petrochemical supply risks, Takaichi said Japan has secured the necessary volumes of crude oil and petroleum products nationwide. With naphtha — a key feedstock for plastics and chemicals — identified as a particular concern, she said the government is maintaining domestic refining operations while steadily expanding imports from outside the Middle East.

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/27/japan/politics/upper-house-oil-debate/

Japanese officials have left the door open to the possibility of dispatching the Maritime Self-Defense Force once a lasting ceasefire is in place, potentially for minesweeping operations. The MSDF is widely regarded as being one of the world’s most proficient in such operations.

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/08/japan/politics/takaichi-iran-president-call/

Launched in 2022, GCAP aims to deliver a sixth-generation fighter aircraft to replace aging Air Self-Defense Force F-2 jets, as well as British and Italian Eurofighters, with the first units expected to enter service by 2035.

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/03/japan/gcap-first-joint-contract/

Die Einigung auf eine zweiwöchige Waffenruhe im Nahen Osten hat eine Erleichterungsrally an den Finanzmärkten ausgelöst. Die Hoffnung auf eine Wiederaufnahme der Öl- und Gaslieferungen durch die Straße von Hormus ließ die Ölpreise einbrechen und beflügelte die Aktienmärkte. In Tokio schoss der Nikkei-Index um fünf Prozent in die Höhe.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_12_surface-to-ship_missile#Type_25_surface-to-ship_missile

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3348676/chinese-navy-arrives-sea-japan-just-tokyo-deploys-long-range-missiles

Und mal Off-Topic was etwas witziges zum 1.April ---- Nationaltrainer Thomas Tuchel hat nach Englands historischer Niederlage gegen Japan um Geduld geworben. Die Three Lions verloren am Dienstag im WM-Testspiel in Wembley 0:1 - es war die erste Pleite gegen eine asiatische Mannschaft überhaupt ."Es tut auf jeden Fall weh. Es ist immer schmerzhaft zu verlieren, und zu Hause zu verlieren, tut sehr weh. Wir sind für nicht besonders viel bestraft worden, für einen Konter in der ersten Halbzeit", sagte Tuchel. Kaoru Mitoma (23.) hatte die Partie nach einem blitzsauberen Angriff zugunsten der Japaner entschieden.

Under the scheme, Japan would tap its $1.4-trillion foreign exchange reserves and build short positions in the oil futures market by selling futures contracts to push down prices

https://www.staradvertiser.com/2026/03/26/breaking-news/japan-shifts-focus-to-oil-in-unorthodox-scramble-to-talk-up-yen/

Japan has built processing capacity for light rare earths but remains dependent on China for permanent magnets containing metals such as dysprosium

https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3347567/china-cuts-exports-two-hi-tech-metals-japan-increases-rare-earth-shipments

The nation’s two top shipbuilders – Imabari Shipbuilding and Oshima Shipbuilding – are in talks over cooperating on the project, which would see Japan build its first LNG carriers since 2019

https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3347180/not-easy-japan-mulls-building-its-own-lng-carriers-amid-iran-energy-crisis