(18/7/2007 Japan Times)
Iran wants Japan to pay for oil with yen because they are afraid of seizer of its asset by U.S.
The reason that U.S or EU suspect Iran dvelops its nuclear skills to wepon makes Japan reduced oil importing from Iran, but the amount of it ia accounyed with 11%.
Thanks to Irans offer, the rate of yen may rise, and they will begin to use it frequently .
I belive Japan should think a great deal of the relation with Mideast countries as buziness partners instead of U.S or China because of their oil , largeness of population and so on.
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