Russian Ambassador to Japan “Japan-Russia relations are at their lowest level since the war” State Russian News Agency. [NHK] In March, Russia's ambassador to Japan, who arrived in Japan, gave an interview to state-run media.

He stated that relations with Japan were at the lowestlevel since the end of the war, and that Japan had imposed sanctions on Russia over the invasion of Ukraine denounced. He also expressed the prospect that Japan would be forced to reconsider its participation in the Arctic LNG2 project.