Japan may boost security aboard its vessels in the wake of an alleged attack on a Japanese supertanker near the Strait of Hormuz, a vital oil shipping route, a Japanese trade official said on Monday.
"We may be considering adding security and taking alternative routes, but this is just a consideration," said Hideichi Okada, vice-minister of international affairs in Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
He was speaking in Abu Dhabi.
The UAE state news agency said this week that militants attacked the supertanker M Star with explosives on July 28. Emirates Business
