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241 signals for Supply Chain · Japan

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Supply ChainResolution🇯🇵Japan 🇮🇷

Iran

46d ago

Japan is set to receive its first liquified natural gas shipment via the Strait of Hormuz since the waterway's de facto closure, signaling a reopening of a critical energy corridor that supplies a significant portion of global LNG trade.

5.5/10·Nikkei Asia (NAR feed)·Strait Of Hormuz

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Supply ChainCrisis🇯🇵Japan27d ago

Japanese supermarkets, takeaways, and bakeries are experiencing widespread shortages of plastic bags, trays, and food service gloves due to naphtha scarcity tied to Middle East instability. The disruption is hitting the food sector especially hard, as it accounts for nearly one-third of Japan's annual plastic consumption; some retailers are now incentivizing customers to bring reusable containers.

5.2/10·The Guardian

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Supply ChainUpdate🇯🇵Japan 🇨🇳China 🇮🇷Iran+152d ago

Two LNG tankers crossed the Strait of Hormuz en route to Japan and China, but persistent shortages in the global liquefied natural gas market remain unresolved. The transit underscores continued reliance on Middle Eastern energy exports amid tight supply conditions.

5.2/10·Nikkei Asia·Strait Of Hormuz

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Supply ChainUpdate🇨🇴Colombia 🇨🇳China 🇮🇱Israel+233d ago

Colombia faces a high-tension energy scenario. The Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology and Environmental Studies (Ideam) estimates an 82% probability that the El Niño phenomenon will establish itself in the country before the end of July. In response, the national electrical system has notably increased the consumption of fuels for thermal generation, mainly coal and gas.

5.1/10·El Colombiano (Medellín)

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Supply ChainCrisis🇺🇸United States 🇯🇵Japan 🇰🇭Cambodia25d ago

From steaming bowls of Cambodian noodle soup to late-night servings of wedges, the trio behind Big Lizard share their most beloved food picks around central Dunedin. A mention of central Dunedin might conjure a familiar set of images: the Octagon, sparkling views of the Otago Harbour, glorious Gothic architecture and an occasional outbreak of student shenanigans. Less frequently mentioned is the fact that it’s also home to a whole parade of marvellous things to eat.

4.9/10·The Spinoff·Charlotte, North Carolina

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Supply ChainUpdate🇮🇳India 🇺🇸United States 🇧🇷Brazil+17d ago

New Delhi, June 24: India's ethanol blending programme remains safe, consumer-friendly, and economically beneficial, the government said, dismissing concerns that the use of E20 fuel could affect the validity of vehicle insurance policies. The oil ministry in a statement said claims linking E20 fuel use to insurance invalidation had been clarified with relevant stakeholders and were found to be incorrect. "Ethanol blending is a globally accepted practice and is successfully implemented in several countries, including the United States, Brazil, and Japan," it said.

4.7/10·Greater Kashmir·New Delhi, Delhi

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Supply ChainUpdate🇯🇵Japan11d ago

Shortages have drawn attention to the important role of naphtha in making a broad range of products. While the Japanese government is eager to tamp down anxiety, analyst Shida Tomio warns that issues may continue in today’s complex supply chains.

4.7/10·Nippon.com

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Supply ChainUpdate🇺🇸United States 🇮🇷Iran 🇯🇵Japan15d ago

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and her Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni agreed on Monday to deepen cooperation in advanced technologies such as semiconductors and strengthen supply chains for critical minerals to bolster economic security while advancing defence ties. The two leaders also welcomed a preliminary agreement between the United States and Iran intended to end their war that triggered global oil supply disruptions, before their planned participation in a Group of Seven...

4.7/10·South China Morning Post

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Supply ChainUpdate🇮🇷Iran 🇺🇸United States 🇮🇱Israel+115d ago

Japanese shipping companies that own vessels stuck near the Strait of Hormuz are in no rush to test the veracity of news that the U.S. and Iran had agreed to end their hostilities, with Iran reopening the strait. They will wait until the formalization of the agreement, set to be signed on Friday, Reuters reported.

4.7/10·Oil Price (Energy Intel)

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Supply ChainUpdate🇦🇺Australia 🇯🇵Japan 🇳🇿New Zealand+18d ago

The new coach has announced his first squad – so what do the selections (and omissions) tell us? In a sense a new All Black coach’s first squad announcement is as good as it gets: it’s not necessarily all downhill from here, but he won’t get patted on the back for doing comparatively little very often. As former All Black coach Sir Steve Hansen conceded, most avid followers of the game could pick a fair chunk of a 30-plus man squad: it’s a big enough number to fit in most of the standout players plus a few left-fielders.

4.5/10·The Spinoff·Newcastle, New South Wales

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Supply ChainCrisis🇯🇵Japan 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 🇰🇼Kuwait+119d ago

Despite the Hormuz crisis, Japan has secured the same volumes of oil imports for July as it did a year ago, as it is boosting imports from producers not dependent on the Strait to deliver their crude, sources familiar with the procurement plans told Kyodo News on Thursday. Resource-poor Japan is one of the biggest energy importers globally and relied on the Middle East for as much as 95% of its oil imports before the war broke out. Most of the oil came from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Qatar.

4.5/10·Oil Price (Energy Intel)

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Supply ChainCrisis🇹🇼Taiwan 🇨🇳China 🇯🇵Japan+134d ago

Taiwan is investigating the smuggling of Nvidia Corp. chips to China, Bloomberg writes. According to the prosecutor's office, three people managed to smuggle at least one batch of Super Micro Computer Inc.

4.5/10·The Insider Russia·Hong Kong, Central and Western

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Supply ChainUpdate🇯🇵Japan 🇹🇼Taiwan52d ago

Sony and TSMC have announced a partnership focused on developing next-generation image sensors, combining Sony's sensor design expertise with TSMC's advanced manufacturing capabilities. The collaboration underscores ongoing industry consolidation in semiconductor production and imaging technology development.

4.5/10·Nikkei Asia

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Supply ChainCrisis🇯🇵Japan 🇺🇸United States53d ago

Nintendo and Sony are raising prices for the Switch 2 and PS5 respectively, citing rising memory chip costs and pressure on global semiconductor supply chains from AI infrastructure demand. The price increases reflect broader supply chain stress as competition for advanced chips intensifies.

4.5/10·Index.hr

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Supply ChainUpdate🇯🇵Japan 🇨🇳China14d ago

Japan's exports saw a significant rise in May, fueled by a weaker yen and robust demand for semiconductors. This growth outpaced expectations, even as global trade faced challenges. Electronic components, especially for AI applications, led the surge.

4.3/10·Economic Times

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Supply ChainCrisis🇺🇸United States 🇨🇳China 🇯🇵Japan33d ago

# Translation The search for nine people missing after the explosion and rupture of a chemical tank in Washington state shifted from a rescue effort to a recovery effort, authorities said. The death toll is expected to reach 11. Authorities had already confirmed two deaths.

4.3/10·Agência Brasil·Washington, District of Columbia

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Supply ChainUpdate🇷🇺Russia 🇯🇵Japan59d ago

The Japanese refiner Taiyo Oil plans to receive the cargo through the Sakhalin-2 project in Russia’s Far East, the Mainichi newspaper reported.

4.3/10·The Moscow Times

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Supply ChainUpdate🇨🇳China 🇯🇵Japan7d ago

While the world focuses on the “tech cold war” and “de-risking” between the US and China, a quiet “tech truce” is unfolding at the baggage loading areas of Tokyo’s Haneda Airport. As Japan faces a critical labor shortage and an aging workforce, it is turning to Chinese-made humanoid robots to handle baggage — a pragmatic […] The post China’s humanoid robots moving in as Asia’s workforce ages out appeared first on Asia Times .

4.1/10·Asia Times·Tokyo, Tokyo

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Supply ChainUpdate🇯🇵Japan14d ago

Chemical recycling can break down naphtha-derived plastics into their molecular components, converting them back into oil that can be reused as a feedstock. The post Can Chemical Recycling Reduce Japan's Dependence on Imported Naphtha? first appeared on JAPAN Forward .

4.1/10·Japan Forward

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Supply ChainUpdate🇮🇷Iran 🇯🇵Japan 🇮🇱Israel15d ago

June 16 (Reuters) - Shipowners will not resume transit through the Strait of Hormuz for weeks until they are confident that the U.S.-Iran deal is "material", the chief executive of Japan's Mitsui O.S.K. Lines told the Financial Times in an interview published on Tuesday. The Iran war that began on February 28 with U.S.-Israeli strikes largely stopped shipping through the transit route for around a fifth of the world's oil and liquefied natural gas supply, along with products such as aluminium and urea.

4.1/10·Al-Monitor

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Supply ChainUpdate🇮🇷Iran 🇯🇵Japan 🇮🇱Israel15d ago

Shipowners ⁠will not resume transit through ⁠the Strait of Hormuz for weeks until they are confident that the US-Iran deal is “material”, the CEO of Japan’s Mitsui O.S.K. Lines told the Financial Times in an interview published ‌on Tuesday. The Iran war that began on February 28 with US-Israeli strikes largely stopped shipping through the transit route for around a fifth of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas supply, along with products such as aluminium and urea.

4.1/10·South China Morning Post

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Supply ChainUpdate🇨🇳China 🇯🇵Japan17d ago

Two major Japanese chemical manufacturers could halt production of a gas crucial to AI chipmaking starting next month, as supply tightens and prices surge amid Beijing’s export controls on tungsten. The price of tungsten hexafluoride has jumped more than 200 per cent year on year because of supply bottlenecks, coupled with rising chip demand, market data showed. The gas is a critical precursor in the semiconductor industry, where it is used to develop the microscopic connections inside advanced...

4.1/10·South China Morning Post·Beijing, Beijing

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Supply ChainUpdate🇯🇵Japan 🇮🇷Iran25d ago

Japanese homemaker Maki Watanabe carefully pours into a plastic bottle the oil she used to cook her deep-fried aubergines, doing her part in her Tokyo kitchen for a national effort to ramp up production of eco-friendly jet fuel. Her contribution is pooled at a nearby supermarket that is among roughly 300 participants in a public-private project dubbed "Fry ‌to Fly", as the Iran war squeezes energy supply and raises costs for the resource-poor country.

4.1/10·France 24 English·Tokyo, Tokyo

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Supply ChainUpdate🇯🇵Japan32d ago

Amid the supply disruption in the Middle East, Japan’s crude oil imports crashed by 66% in April from the same month last year, official Japanese data showed on Friday. Japan imported 4.07 million kilolitres, or about 850,000 barrels per day (bpd), of crude oil last month, down by 65.7% from the April 2025 levels, the monthly petroleum statistics of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) showed. Crude imports from the Middle East region, which delivered more than 90% of Japan’s total crude imports before the war, plunged…

4.1/10·Oil Price (Energy Intel)

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Supply ChainUpdate🇯🇦JA 🇮🇳India 🇯🇵Japan40d ago

https://auto.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/industry/japanese-auto-exports-to-middle-east-plunge-in-april-as-war-disrupts-shipping/131245721

4.1/10·GDELT 2.0 Master Files

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