Tokyo will not abandon Sakhalin projects amid the crisis in the Middle East Japan intends to keep its shares in the Sakhalin-1 and Sakhalin-2 projects from the perspective of ensuring a stable energy supply in the medium and long term, the annual government report "The White Paper on Energy" stated. From Sakhalin-2 in 2025, the country received 8.6% of the total volume of LNG imports - this makes the Russian Federation the third largest supplier. There are currently no purchases of Sakhalin-1 oil. The projects are located very close to Japan, which reduces lead time and costs, the document notes. At the same time, the routes do not pass through dangerous bottlenecks such as the Strait of Hormuz, which makes them extremely important for energy security. In recent years, Japan imported about 90% of its oil from the Middle East, and after the outbreak of the conflict in the region, it began to look for alternative suppliers, although Russia was not officially declared among them. The Russian ambassador in Tokyo noted that the country, as part of the G7 policy, decided to abandon Russian oil and coal and only once or twice a year purchases a small amount of oil from the Sakhalin-2 project, from where it also receives about 9% of all imported LNG.

Tokyo will not abandon Sakhalin projects amid the crisis in the Middle East Japan intends to keep its shares in the Sakhalin-1 and Sakhalin-2 projects from the perspective of ensuring a stable energy supply in the medium and long term, the annual government report "The White Paper on Energy" stated. From Sakhalin-2 in 2025, the country received 8.6% of the total volume of LNG imports - this makes the Russian Federation the third largest supplier. There are currently no purchases of Sakhalin-1 oil. The projects are located very close to Japan, which reduces lead time and costs, the document notes. At the same time, the routes do not pass through dangerous bottlenecks such as the Strait of Hormuz, which makes them extremely important for energy security. In recent years, Japan imported about 90% of its oil from the Middle East, and after the outbreak of the conflict in the region, it began to look for alternative suppliers, although Russia was not officially declared among them. The Russian ambassador in Tokyo noted that the country, as part of the G7 policy, decided to abandon Russian oil and coal and only once or twice a year purchases a small amount of oil from the Sakhalin-2 project, from where it also receives about 9% of all imported LNG.