{
  "id": 14168979,
  "title": "Japan Govt OKs Bills to Strengthen Oil Supply Chains",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/japan-govt-oks-bills-to-strengthen-oil-supply-chains",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-13T09:13:56.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Nippon.com News",
    "slug": "nippon-com-news",
    "url": "https://www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj2026101300718/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Tokyo, Oct. 13 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government on Tuesday adopted three bills to strengthen and diversify the country's energy supply chains amid disruptions caused by the war in the Middle East. One of the bills calls for providing subsidies to refineries to help cover cost increases stemming from efforts to procure crude oil through routes outside the Strait of Hormuz. The second...",
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  "coverage": {
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  "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."
}