Overview
- Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi told parliament she will not ask the public to cut energy use.
- She said Japan has enough oil for now and expects stable supply through 2027.
- The government is drawing on strategic oil reserves and lining up alternative suppliers.
- Polls by Nikkei/TV Tokyo and ANN show most people want the government to request conservation.
- A shortage of naphtha, a key petrochemical feedstock, is disrupting factories and has led a major toilet maker to halt new orders.