据松山佳奈子和稻岛刚报道，日本应继续依赖中东获取大部分原油，因为这具有成本效益，太阳石油公司表示，反对因美伊战争而引发的政府多元化采购驱动。
Japan should continue to rely on the Middle East for the bulk of its crude as that’s cost-effective, processor Taiyo Oil Co. said, pushing back against a government drive to diversify triggered by the US-Iran war.
太阳石油首席执行官山本隆弘表示，国家战略应专注于在和平时期以尽可能经济的方式购买原油，同时保持灵活性以在危机发生时确保替代供应。
National strategy should focus on buying crude as economically as possible during peace time, while maintaining flexibility to secure alternatives when a crisis hits, Taiyo Chief Executive Officer Takahiro Yamamoto said.
山本周五在东京接受采访时表示：“我对过度推动原油采购多元化感到担忧，这在平时期给社会带来了巨大成本。”他补充道：“最好依靠中东满足日本超过90%的需求。”
“I have some concerns regarding the excessive push to diversify crude procurement, which imposes significant cost on society in normal times,” Yamamoto said in an interview in Tokyo on Friday. “It’s better to rely on the Middle East for more than 90% of Japan’s needs,” he added.
日本高度依赖进口能源，中东冲突因霍尔木兹海峡航运受威胁和基础设施受损，严重扰乱了来自该地区传统供应商的供应。
Japan is highly reliant on imported energy, and the conflict in the Middle East severely disrupted flows from traditional suppliers in the region because of threats to shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and damage to infrastructure.
随着冲突持续，高市早苗首相的政府寻求拓宽供应来源并加强替代进口路线以增强能源安全，尽管这会带来更高成本。
As the conflict grinds on, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s administration has sought to broaden supply sources and strengthen alternative import routes to bolster energy security, although that entails higher costs.
山本表示：“能源的理想状态不是在危机时因依赖而失效的系统，而是尽管存在这种依赖却依然安全的系统。”
“The ideal state for energy is not a system that fails because of dependency in times of a crisis, but one where we remain secure despite that dependency,” Yamamoto said.
他称，战争期间行业表明，日本能够承受中断而不永久脱离中东，因为炼油商设法在约三个月内替换了损失的桶数。
During the war, the industry showed Japan can withstand disruptions without permanently moving away from the Middle East given refiners managed to replace lost barrels within about three months, he said.
太阳石油战前对中东原油供应的敞口约为40%，明显低于其国内大型竞争对手。
At about 40%, Taiyo’s pre-war exposure to the Middle East for crude supplies was markedly lower than its bigger domestic rivals.
该公司在四国岛西南部运营一座日产能13.8万桶的炼厂，此后已将这一比例降至约15%，增加了来自美国和阿根廷的进口。山本表示，情况正常化后应恢复至40%。
The company — which runs a refinery with 138,000-barrel-a-day capacity in the southwestern island of Shikoku — has since cut that to about 15%, boosting inflows from the US and Argentina. It should return to 40% when conditions normalize, Yamamoto said.