TOKYO -- Japan has imported Russian crude oil for the first time in more than two years, delivered on a tanker sanctioned by both the U.S. and the European Union.
Sakhalin Blend import ensures stable LNG supply for country

An oil tanker is moored at the Sheskharis transshipment complex in the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk, Russia, on Oct. 11, 2022. © AP
TOKYO -- Japan has imported Russian crude oil for the first time in more than two years, delivered on a tanker sanctioned by both the U.S. and the European Union.