Companies and the government are responding quickly to war in the Middle East even as they stress that Japan’s energy supply is not immediately threatened by the conflict.
Shippers are keeping vessels away from the hostilities, while Japanese companies have rushed to evacuate employees stationed in the region. Government meetings were convened and task forces were formed.
U.S. and Israeli armed forces attacked Iran over the weekend in a massive assault that killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the nation’s supreme leader for nearly four decades. The attacks triggered retaliatory strikes against multiple targets in the Middle East.
AloJapan.com