Japan’s embargo on U.S. beef products over the last three years has cost the Nebraska beef industry $875 million and cost Nebraska 1300 jobs.

Japan shut its ports to U.S. beef on Dec. 24, 2003, after the discovery of the first case of mad cow disease, formally known as bovine spongiform encephalopathy, in the U.S. herd.

In 1941, the U.S. believed curtailing Japan’s oil lifeline would deter Japanese aggression.

Japan would face "difficulty" to immediately follow a move to cut off Russian oil imports over the invasion of Ukraine, its minister of economy, trade, and industry Koichi Hagiuda said on Thursday.