International relationsTrump tells China and Japan to defend own ships in Strait of Hormuz
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The Panama-flagged, Japanese-owned oil tanker Kokuka Courageous, which was damaged by a limpet mine, anchored off Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, on June 19. © AP
ALEX FANG, Nikkei staff writer
June 25, 2019 00:50 JST
Updated on June 25, 2019 06:31 JST
NEW YORK -- U.S. President Donald Trump Monday called on China and Japan to protect their oil tankers traveling through the Strait of Hormuz, suggesting the U.S. would no longer provide protection in the crucial waterway between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula.