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The Iran war has unexpected consequences for food makers in Japan. A shortage of a product to manufacture ink has several companies to the design of their food wrapping. Major snack manufacturer Calbee is temporarily the packaging for some of its most popular products to black and white. The company some of the best-selling potato chips in Japan. A spokesperson said some of its products will with a printed message that : "Packaged to save oil-related materials." Meanwhile, food and beverage maker Kagome will some of the wrapping for its popular ketchup transparent in a bid to with the ink shortage.

Tensions in the Middle East responsible for a shortage of a hydrocarbon liquid naphtha. This is an important component in the production of plastics, solvents and printing ink. It is from crude oil. At the end of April, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi industry leaders that Japan had enough naphtha to last beyond this year. She said countermeasures would be to a supply of the liquid. These a ramping up of domestic production, and a threefold increase in naphtha imports from countries outside the Middle East. However, Calbee said: "Depending on how the situation , we the possibility of additional impacts arising."