https://hormuz.net/tags/strategic-vulnerability/ Recent content in Strategic Vulnerability on Hormuz.net Hugo en-us Sun, 26 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://hormuz.net/japans-existential-dependence-the-country-that-cannot-afford-a-single-month-of-closure/ Sun, 26 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://hormuz.net/japans-existential-dependence-the-country-that-cannot-afford-a-single-month-of-closure/ <p>Japan imports approximately 90 percent of its energy. It has no significant domestic fossil fuel production. Its nuclear power sector, which once provided a substantial share of electricity generation, has been operating at sharply reduced capacity since the Fukushima accident of 2011, with only a portion of the pre-accident reactor fleet returned to service. The Gulf supplies the majority of Japan&rsquo;s crude oil, and Gulf LNG — primarily from Qatar — supplies a substantial portion of its natural gas. There is no combination of alternative energy policies or supply source diversification that changes the fundamental arithmetic on the timescale of months. Japan&rsquo;s dependence on Hormuz is existential in a way that is not hyperbole.</p>