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By Satoshi Sugiyama and Eduardo Baptista TOKYO/BEIJING, Aug 8 (Reuters) – Typhoon Dolphin lashed Japan’s southern Okinawa prefecture on

TOKYO, July 24 (Reuters) – An analysis of rare earth-rich mud retrieved from the deep seabed off a remote Pacific Island earlier this year

More liquefied natural gas tankers have resumed transiting the Strait of Hormuz in recent days, ship-tracking data showed, and 22 Japan-linked vessels have

Japan will receive a boost in Middle East crude supply this month as two more stranded Japanese-owned supertankers carrying Saudi oil were exiting the Strait

China's military test-fired a missile from a nuclear-powered submarine into the Pacific on Monday, state media reported, drawing criticism and concerns from

NEW DELHI, May 26 (Reuters) – The foreign ministers of Australia, India, Japan and the U.S. agreed to jointly build a port in Fiji and

Japan — one of Asia’s biggest importers of energy from the Middle East — flagged the impending arrival of the first Persian Gulf oil shipment to transit

A Panama-flagged crude oil tanker managed by Japanese refining group Eneos 5020.T has passed through the Strait of Hormuz, ship-tracking data from LSEG

The waters around Japan are writing the future of the Indo-Pacific, and China doesn't like what they're

A fully-laden Japan-linked oil tanker completed a rare transit of the Strait of Hormuz, as the effective closure of the waterway to most international traffic

Panama-flagged tanker Idemitsu Maru, carrying 2 million barrels of Saudi oil, is attempting to cross the Strait of Hormuz, LSEG shipping data showed on

SYDNEY, April 18 (Reuters) – Australia and Japan signed contracts on Saturday launching their landmark A$10 billion ($7 billion) deal to supply

A partially filled supertanker heading to Japan after receiving its Middle Eastern oil cargo via a ship transfer at sea highlights the desperate measures the

Asian liquefied natural gas imports have dropped to the lowest in almost six years as the conflict in the Middle East chokes supplies and forces buyers to curb

Japan’s Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) is holding back from moving more vessels through the Strait of Hormuz until it receives clearer safety assurances and

Japan is relying on ship?to?ship oil transfers far from the Middle East to secure crude supplies while keeping its tankers out of a conflict zone that has

A Japanese-linked liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier has successfully transited the Strait of Hormuz, marking the first such passage by a Japan-affiliated

Oil supply disruptions from the Middle East will rise in April and begin to impact Europe's economy as the closure of the Strait of Hormuz severely curbs

Asian liquefied natural gas imports fell the most in more than three years last month as the conflict in the Middle East choked supply and sent prices

TOKYO, March 8 (Reuters) – A senior Japanese parliament member said on Sunday that the government instructed a national oil reserve storage site to