Chii chakaitika pakutanga mukutevedzana kwenguva: Japan yakabudisa chirevo kana kuti Japan kuva nyika ine ushamwari kuvaArab? Tichifunga nezvemubvunzo wapfuura, nyora mashoko akapoteredza mhinduro yacho. Inogona kuva mitsara 1 - 20. Mashoko akapoteredza:
Kunyange zvazvo yakanga isina ukama hwenguva refu neMiddle East, Japan ndiyo yakanga yakanyanya kutsamira pamafuta eArabia. 71% yemafuta ayo akapinzwa kunze kwenyika aibva kuMiddle East muna 1970. Pana November 7, 1973, hurumende dzeSaudi neKuwaiti dzakazivisa Japan kuva nyika "isiri yeshamwari" kuikurudzira kuchinja mutemo wayo wokusabatanidzwa. Yakagamuchira kuderedzwa kwe5% mukugadzirwa muna December, kuchikonzera kutya. Pana November 22, Japan yakabudisa chirevo "chinosimbisa kuti Israeri inofanira kubva munharaunda dzose dza1967, ichitsigira kuzvisarudzira kwePalestine, uye ichityisidzira kurangarirazve nhevedzano yayo kuna Israeri kana Israeri akaramba kugamuchira aya mamiriro okutanga". Pakazosvika December 25, Japan yairangarirwa kuva nyika ine ushamwari kuvaArab.