{"id":17698,"date":"2026-03-22T07:23:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T07:23:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/japan-open-to-hormuz-minesweeping-under-ceasefire-conditions-foreign-minister-says\/"},"modified":"2026-03-22T07:23:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T07:23:18","slug":"japan-open-to-hormuz-minesweeping-under-ceasefire-conditions-foreign-minister-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/japan-open-to-hormuz-minesweeping-under-ceasefire-conditions-foreign-minister-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan open to Hormuz minesweeping under ceasefire conditions, foreign minister says"},"content":{"rendered":"
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TOKYO, March 22 — Japan could consider deploying its military for minesweeping in the Strait of Hormuz, a vital artery for global oil supplies, if a ceasefire is reached in the US-Israeli war on Iran, Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said today.<\/p>\n

“If there were to be a complete ceasefire, hypothetically speaking, then things like minesweeping could come up,” Motegi said during a Fuji TV programme. “This is purely hypothetical, but if a ceasefire were established and naval mines were creating an obstacle, then I think that would be something to consider.”<\/p>\n

Japan’s military actions are limited under its postwar pacifist constitution, but 2015 security legislation allows Japan to use its Self-Defence Forces overseas if an attack, including on a close security partner, threatens Japan’s survival and no other means are available to address it.<\/p>\n

Tokyo has ⁠no immediate plans to seek ⁠arrangements to allow passage through the Strait of ⁠Hormuz for stranded Japanese vessels, Motegi ⁠said, adding ⁠it was “extremely important” to create conditions that allow all ships to navigate through the narrow waterway, the conduit for a fifth of the ⁠world’s oil shipments.<\/p>\n

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi told Japan’s Kyodo news agency on Friday that he had spoken to Motegi about potentially letting Japanese-related vessels pass through the strait.<\/p>\n

Japan gets around 90 per cent of its oil shipments via the strait, which Tehran has largely closed during ⁠the war, now in its fourth week. A spike in global oil prices has prompted Japan and other countries to release oil ⁠from their reserves.<\/p>\n

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US President Donald Trump met Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi ⁠on ⁠Thursday, urging her to “step up” as he presses allies — so far unsuccessfully — to send warships to help open the strait.<\/p>\n

Takaichi told reporters after the Washington summit that she had briefed Trump on what support Japan could and could not provide in the strait under its laws. — Reuters<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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TOKYO, March 22 — Japan could consider deploying its military for minesweeping in the Strait of Hormuz, a vital artery for global oil supplies, if a ceasefire is reached in the US-Israeli war on Iran, Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said today. “If there were to be a complete ceasefire, hypothetically speaking, then things like minesweeping…<\/p>\n

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