{
  "id": 12038561,
  "title": "Japan Should Keep Focus on Cheap Mideast Oil, Local Refiner Says",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/04/japan-should-keep-focus-on-cheap-mideast-oil-local-refiner-says",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-04T23:51:23.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Bloomberg",
    "slug": "bloomberg",
    "url": "https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-10-04/japan-should-keep-focus-on-cheap-mideast-oil-local-refiner-says"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Japan should continue to rely on the Middle East for the bulk of its crude as that’s cost-effective, processor Taiyo Oil Co. said, pushing back against a government drive to diversify triggered by the US-Iran war.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}