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