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FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin An oil tanker arrived in Japan on 25 May, marking the first known Japanese-managed vessel to successfully transit the Strait of Hormuz since the onset of the Iran conflict, which has significantly disrupted traffic through the critical energy corridor. The tanker, operated by a subsidiary of major refiner Idemitsu Kosan Co., delivered approximately 2 million barrels of crude oil to Aichi Prefecture in central Japan, equivalent to around 80 percent of the country’s daily consumption, according to sources familiar with the matter. RelatedNews Crew aboard containership reported safe following collision off Nigeria Windward: Hormuz environment shaped by escalation and de-escalation var jnews_module_21373669_0_6a145452d77a7 = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21373669","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"4346,128,2647,239,2115","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_format":"default","date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","pagination_mode":"disable","pagination_nextprev_showtext":"","pagination_number_post":"2","pagination_scroll_limit":0,"ads_type":"disable","ads_position":1,"ads_random":"","ads_image":"","ads_image_tablet":"","a
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First Japanese tanker to transit Strait of Hormuz arrives in Aichi

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