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Snack giant switches to black and white packaging as Iran war hits ink supplies

Japan's naphtha was imported from the Middle East, Japan's deputy chief cabinet secretary

Japanese snacks go black-and-white: Why Iran war is driving up ink prices

Japan, which imports 40 percent of its naphtha, an oil derivative needed to make printing ink, from the Middle East

Iran war oil shortage forces Japan snack giant to use black-and-white packaging

naphtha, an oil derivative for which [Japan](https://www.theguardian.com/world/japan) relies on imports from the Middle East

Japanese snack packages turning black-and-white as Iran war depletes ink supply

Middle East and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. Japan, which relies almost entirely on imports for its oil, has so far ridden out the worries relatively calmly, as the government has worked