According to reports from Observer Network , Russian leader Putin recently signed a presidential decree announcing the establishment of a new company to take over the "Sakhalin 2" project jointly developed by Russia and Japan. As soon as the news came out, it immediately aroused great tension in Japan, because about 1/10 of the liquefied natural gas imported by Japan comes from Russia, and most of it is supplied by "Sakhalin 2". If Russia really wants to take over "Sakhalin 2" and annex or expel other countries' shares, it will mean that Japan will soon lose its supply of liquefied natural gas from Russia.
Later, when Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida responded to Putin's presidential order, he bluntly stated that Japan was responding with unprecedented tension and would pay close attention to Russia's actions and think about how to break the situation.
Nihon Keizai Shimbun also pointed out that the threat of power outages in Japan is imminent and the power supply is under great pressure. The British media quoted anonymous Japanese officials as saying that in order to maintain power supply, Japan is likely to accept the conditions proposed by Russia in order to continue Stay in the "Sakhalin 2" project.
Obviously, Japan is really nervous this time. After the conflict between Russia and Ukraine broke out, Japan has been blindly following the superpowers and imposed a series of sanctions on Russia, completely ignoring the possibility that Russia-Japan relations would suffer a devastating blow. The Russian ambassador to Japan once held a press conference and nakedly "It is impossible for Russia not to retaliate, and retaliation from Moscow will come soon."
Prior to this, Russia had indeed implemented a series of counter-sanctions measures against Japan, but considering that Russia's economic strength was not very strong, Japan did not feel nervous. But this time the situation is very different. The reason is very simple. Energy has always been Japan's Achilles' heel. This time President Putin has played the energy card and wants to form a new state-owned company to take over "Sakhalin 2".
This means that, on the one hand, the huge amount of money Japan has invested in this project is likely to be in vain, and there will be no return. On the other hand, it also means that Russia may cut off its influence on Japan at any time. Liquefied natural gas supply. Of course, the Japanese government will be very nervous at this time, because this is likely to lead to a blackout across Japan, which will have a huge impact.
What is even more unacceptable to Japan is that after Japan withdraws, Russia may choose to cooperate with China, because China has funds, technology, and strong energy needs, and can perfectly replace Japan.
If Japan is kicked out of the "Sakhalin 2" by Russia, it will firstly affect Japan's economic development, and secondly it will also affect the Fumio Kishida government's support among the people. If it can't even do such a thing Well, he will be accused both internally and externally of being incompetent and incapable of governing Japan. Therefore, Kishida Fumio said that he is paying attention to this problem as never before and is thinking about how to solve this problem. This is not to enhance the ambition of others and destroy his own prestige, but a very sincere attitude to make a commitment to the Japanese people, that is, to let the Japanese people Rest assured, Kishida Fumio’s government will work hard to solve this problem and will not shirk responsibility or delay.
So, is it possible for Fumio Kishida to make Putin take back his life? This possibility cannot be ruled out. As an anonymous Japanese official said, in order for Japan to continue to stay within the "Sakhalin 2" project, Fumio Kishida may tolerate the conditions put forward by Putin. As for the specific conditions, it is still difficult to guess, requiring Japan to provide Russia with Exporting electronic components may become one of the possibilities.
