Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe finds himself in a tough spot as he prepares for a visit to Iran. Abe, who has sought to deflect U.S. President Donald Trump's protectionist and isolationist instincts, is expected to embark on a rare trip this month as Trump has increased pressure on the country and those who deal with it.
has long maintained cordial relations with Iran in part because of its status as a major power and crude supplier in the Persian Gulf, which is the major source of oil for the world's third-largest economy.
"Japan's energy policy towards Iran has been an area of struggle for independence from the United States for four decades," Sachi Sakanashi, senior research fellow at the Institute of Energy Economics, Japan,"Even when Japan tried to pursue its own energy policy towards Iran, the U.S. has generally had the final say," Sakanashi wrote.
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