Iran war exposes Japan's dependence on medial supply imports

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Source: Nikkei Asia
Published: 2026-04-24 06:14 UTC+10:00
Section: General
Factuality Score: 100
Opinion Category: Neutral
Topics: Health, Middle East, Asia, Military & Defence, Iran, Energy, War & Conflict, Asia Pacific, Retail
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TOKYO -- The war in the Middle East is raising concern over Japan's supply of plastic products for medical care and drawing renewed attention to how heavily the country relies on imports for such essential items as dialysis tubes.The shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz has cut sharply into Japanese imports of crude oil and the petrochemical feedstock naphtha, which is used to make plastics.
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