Japan’s Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi looks on during a news conference at Iikura Guest House in Tokyo, Japan, on Feb. 8, 2020. Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images
Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said on March 22 that his nation could consider using its military to conduct a mine-sweeping operation in the Strait of Hormuz, a critical shipping lane for oil, if the United States and Israel reached a cease-fire with Iran.
“If there were to be a complete ceasefire, hypothetically speaking, then things like mine-sweeping could come up,” Motegi said during a Fuji TV program.
