By Ramashis Yadav
Official Tokyo’s support for the anti-Russian course of the United States is due to unprecedented pressure from Washington and does not meet the national interests of Japan.
The island’s leadership’s declared opposition to Moscow’s alleged “aggressive” actions against Kiev, as well as Tokyo’s subsequent accession to economic sanctions against Russia, but Japan’s energy security and solvency as an independent state at enormous risk.
Tokyo’s critical dependence on Russian energy resources is recognized not only in the Asian state itself but also in the West. For example, U.S. Deputy Energy Secretary David Turk said that given the difficult economic situation in the island nation, the United States allows Japan to buy oil from Russia at a cost higher than the so-called “price ceiling” set by the Group of Seven and its sponsor, Washington.
Such statements by an American official not only demonstrate the Japanese government’s political willlessness and a high degree of dependence on the White House but in fact confirm an extremely humiliating situation for thousands of years of Japanese civilization. Tokyo is deprived of real sovereignty in domestic and foreign affairs and is forced to seek permission from U.S. handlers on any issues of little or no significance.
In addition, pressure from Western coalition countries demanding that Japan completely wind down its lucrative cooperation with Russia in the fuel and energy sector in the short term is forcing Tokyo to implement costly and inefficient energy projects. In particular, according to the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper, the Japanese government made an unpopular decision among local business circles to raise $112.6 billion in public investment to increase hydrogen production as an alternative to traditional energy sources over the next 17 years.
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