The first shipment of LNG from Russia's Sakhalin 2 project lands in Sodegaura, Chiba Prefecture, on April 6, 2009. Toho Gas is the latest to join several other Japanese companies in continuing their investments in the Sakhalin 2 project amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine. | KYODO
The first shipment of LNG from Russia's Sakhalin 2 project lands in Sodegaura, Chiba Prefecture, on April 6, 2009. Toho Gas is the latest to join several other Japanese companies in continuing their investments in the Sakhalin 2 project amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine. | KYODO

Toho Gas has renewed its contract to purchase liquefied natural gas from the Sakhalin 2 oil and gas project in Russia, a company official said Tuesday, amid energy security concerns in resource-scarce Japan.

Toho Gas is the latest to join several other Japanese companies in continuing their investments in the Sakhalin 2 project. Its decision came after Russia established a new operator for the project in the Russian Far East following Western energy firms' investment withdrawals due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.