Japan imported from the UAE 25.997 million barrels of crude oil in March 2018, data released by the Agency of Energy and Natural Resource in Tokyo showed.

This accounts for 26.1 percent of Japan's total crude imports, the agency that belongs to the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, said.

Arab oil accounted for 84.943 million barrels or 85.2 percent, of Japan’s petroleum needs in March.

Japan’s total crude oil imports in that month amounted to 99.765 million barrels, the agency added.