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Japan May Consider Mine Sweeping Strait of Hormuz If Cease-Fire Reached: Foreign Minister

The international benchmark Brent crude oil value had risen to $112.19 per barrel by Sunday morning as the strait remains blocked.
Japan May Consider Mine Sweeping Strait of Hormuz If Cease-Fire Reached: Foreign Minister
Japan's Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi looks on during a news conference at Iikura Guest House in Tokyo, Japan, on Feb. 8, 2020. Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images
Jacob Burg
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Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said on March 22 that his nation could consider using its military to conduct a mine-sweeping operation in the Strait of Hormuz, a critical shipping lane for oil, if the United States and Israel reached a cease-fire with Iran.

“If there were to be a complete ceasefire, hypothetically speaking, then things like mine-sweeping could come up,” Motegi ​said during a Fuji TV program.

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Jacob Burg reports on national politics, aerospace, and aviation for The Epoch Times. He previously covered sports, regional politics, and breaking news for the Sarasota Herald Tribune.