World’s Third-Largest Strategic Petroleum Reserve, Japan May Prepare to Independently Release Oil?
TradingKey - As tensions in the Middle East continue to escalate, uncertainty surrounding global energy supplies is rapidly intensifying. According to media reports, the Japanese government has issued a preparation directive to the national petroleum reserve base in Shibushi, Kagoshima, instructing relevant agencies to finalize technical and logistical preparations for a crude oil release. This marks one of the clearest signals from Japanese officials to date regarding the release of strategic reserves.