Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Saturday reiterated that enough crude oil supplies have been secured in the country for the time being.

In response to a renewed deterioration in the situation in the Middle East, the prime minister said in a post on X that the necessary amount of crude oil for this month is expected to be procured and that the government will not release its oil stockpiles.

She explained that procurement for next month is also on track, expressing her determination to continue efforts to secure the amount necessary for Japan as a whole.

As for naphtha-derived plastic products, Takaichi wrote that there has been no change in the outlook that they will remain available through around next spring.

An interim truce between the U.S. and Iran collapsed earlier this month, with both sides trading strikes.

U.S. missiles struck targets across Iran on Friday and U.S. President Donald Trump vowed ¡°major military punishment¡± for Tehran and its Houthi allies in Yemen, though he once again left open the door to a diplomatic deal with Iran.

When asked Friday what the exit strategy was for the 51³Ô¹ÏÍø, Trump told reporters at the White House, ¡°There¡¯s a military exit where we just keep going just the way we are, and ?we can even make it a heavier dose, and it¡¯s knocking out everything they have. Or there¡¯s a smarter strategy that you make a deal.¡±

But he added, ¡°We¡¯re locked and loaded. We¡¯re ready ?to go.¡±

In a statement on X, the Iranian health ministry said 59 people had been killed and 666 wounded since the resumption of clashes with ?U.S. forces in late June.

Iranian media cited the head of Iran¡¯s top joint military command as saying Iran would kill a member of the U.S. forces for every Iranian killed.

The war has killed 18 U.S. service members. The Pentagon has said 100 service members had been injured since July 7.