经过两年多时间致力于缓和同工业化国家的贸易关系之后,日本又重新把石油供应问题列为国家经济事务中的头等大事。然而日本的计划和政策制订者已经意识到:在1973年石油危机期间,人们所担心的主要问题是油价的不断上涨,而如今主要产油国国内的政治动荡又给增添了一个新的可能要严重得多的威胁——那就是石油供应的减少。资源贫乏的日本对建立一个更为广泛的全球性供应网必要性的认识并非今天才有的,这 After more than two years of dedication to easing its trade relations with the industrialized countries, Japan has reintroduced the problem of oil supply as a top priority in the country’s economic affairs. However, Japanese planners and policy makers have realized that the main concern during the oil crisis of 1973 was the continuous rise in oil prices, and the political turmoil in major oil-producing countries nowadays adds another new possibility A much more serious threat - that is, a reduction in oil supplies. Japan, a resource-poor country, does not have today’s awareness of the need to establish a broader global supply network, which