Tokyo-Sana
Japan has admitted that it will have "difficulty" in reducing Russian oil imports due to its limited resources.
This came as a comment on the European Union's move to impose a sixth package of sanctions against Russia, including a gradual ban on oil imports from Russia.
"Given the limited resources available to Japan, we will have difficulty taking a step immediately," Reuters news agency quoted Japanese Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Koichi Hagiuda as saying.
Russian oil imports accounted for four percent of Japan's total oil imports in the last fiscal year, which ended last March. Natural gas imports from Moscow accounted for nine percent of Japan's total imports, while Russian coal imports amounted to 11 percent.
And the Russian presidential spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, confirmed earlier that the cost of sanctions imposed on Russia for European citizens will rise every day.
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