Japan will keep its shares in the oil and gas projects Sakhalin-1 and Sakhalin-2. This is stated in a report by the Japanese government. Russia remains Japan's third-largest supplier of liquefied natural gas, the report said. The document emphasizes that supplying energy from the Sakhalin region in Russia to Japan helps bypass problematic supply routes such as the Strait of Hormuz and thus ensure a stable supply of fuel to Japan.: Prigorodnoy industrial complex of the Sakhalin-2 project. More IZ RU news in max.