Government aims to diversify oil import routes to bolster energy security
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will announce a strategy to circumvent the blocked Strait of Hormuz at the Green Transformation Implementation Council meeting this Wednesday. (Nikkei montage/Source photo by Reuters)
Nikkei staff writers
August 25, 2026 18:55 JST
TOKYO — The Japanese government will assist Middle Eastern countries in constructing oil pipelines along routes that bypass the Strait of Hormuz, Nikkei learned on Tuesday.