{"id":360271,"date":"2026-04-29T16:15:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T08:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=360271"},"modified":"2026-04-29T16:15:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T08:15:00","slug":"japan-owned-oil-tanker-passes-through-strait-of-hormuz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=360271","title":{"rendered":"Japan-Owned Oil Tanker Passes Through Strait of Hormuz"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Japan-Hormuz-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-360272\" srcset=\"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Japan-Hormuz-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Japan-Hormuz-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Japan-Hormuz-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Japan-Hormuz-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Japan-Hormuz-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Japan-Hormuz-555x370.jpg 555w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Japan&#8217;s Ambassador to the U.N., Yamazaki Kazuyuki, addresses the General Assembly on the failure of the Security Council to pass a Strait of Hormuz resolution proposed at the United Nations headquarters in New York City, U.S., April 16, 2026. REUTERS\/Shannon Stapleton<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>TEHRAN, April 29 (NNN-Bernama-Kyodo) &#8212;\u00a0A Japanese-owned tanker carrying 2 million barrels of crude oil has transited the Strait of Hormuz after securing permission from Iranian authorities, Kyodo News Agency reported, citing local media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Panama-flagged Idemitsu Maru, managed by a subsidiary of Idemitsu Kosan, loaded crude at a terminal in Saudi Arabia in early March. After spending more than a week stationary off Abu Dhabi, the vessel began its passage towards the strait on Monday, according to Iran\u2019s Press TV.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Japan relies heavily on West Asia for crude oil, with most shipments passing through the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The effective closure of the strategic waterway has sent crude prices surging amid supply concerns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212; NNN-BERNAMA-KYODO<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TEHRAN, April 29 (NNN-Bernama-Kyodo) &#8212;\u00a0A Japanese-owned tanker carrying 2 million barrels of crude oil has transited the Strait of Hormuz after securing permission from Iranian authorities, Kyodo News Agency reported, citing local media. The Panama-flagged Idemitsu Maru, managed by a subsidiary of Idemitsu Kosan, loaded crude at a terminal in Saudi Arabia in early March. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":360272,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[215,300,291],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360271"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=360271"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360271\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":360273,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360271\/revisions\/360273"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/360272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=360271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=360271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=360271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}