### [2026-05-25](/feed/2026/05/25/index.md)

##### The war
# Crude oil tanker "Idemitsu Maru" arrives in Japan after previously becoming the first Japanese owned ship to transit the Strait of Hormuz since the war started on February 28. 




### Sources:

1. [NHK World Japan](https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20260525_12/)

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