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The Iran war has [brought / bought] unexpected consequences for food makers in Japan. A [shortage / shortening] of a product needed to manufacture ink has caused several companies to change the [designing / design] of their food wrapping. [Major / Majority] snack manufacturer Calbee is [temporary / temporarily] changing the packaging for some of its most popular products [to / at] black and white. The company sells some of the best-selling potato chips in Japan. A spokesperson said some of its products will come [with / on] a printed message [that / what] explains: "Packaged to save oil-related materials." [Mean / Meanwhile] , food and beverage maker Kagome will make some of the wrapping for its popular ketchup transparent in a bid to deal [of / with] the ink shortage.

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