TOKYO, May 4. /TASS/. A tanker carrying a cargo of oil from Sakhalin, sold to Japanese company Taiyo Oil, has arrived at its destination port in Ehime Prefecture in the southwest of Japan, the Kyodo news agency reported.

Earlier, a TASS correspondent found out that amid the situation surrounding Iran and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, Japan purchased its first cargo of Russian oil in almost a year.

Later Japan confirmed the purchase of Sakhalin oil to TASS.

Japan stopped importing Russian oil after February 2022, later joining the price cap mechanism initiated by Western countries, with the exception of certain cargoes from the Sakhalin-2 project tied to LNG supply contracts. This oil is exempt from the sanctions regime. The last time Taiyo Oil purchased Russian oil from Sakhalin was in June 2025.