Japanese tanker Idemitsu Maru arrives in Aichi after exiting Strait of Hormuz ⁠2%

By Eric Johnston⁠48%

5/25/2026, 8:24:00 AM

BS Summary: This article contains 9 faulty reasoning types, including Overconfidence Bias, Framing Effect, and Availability Heuristic, with Anchoring Bias as the most egregious example at 35% saturation with 41 hits. Analysis detected 231 faulty-reasoning hits from 117 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 9.8% and a BS Rank of ⁠2% (20,889 of 21,176 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 98.60% of the article peer group.

The first Japanese oil tanker to pass through the Strait of Hormuz since the beginning of the Iran war has arrived in Japan. 
The Idemitsu Maru, an oil tanker belonging to energy conglomerate Idemitsu Kosan, docked at a pier off the coast of Chita City, Aichi Prefecture, around noon Monday, almost a month after it had reportedly passed through the strait in late April. 
The ship carried about 2 million barrels of crude oil from Saudi Arabia, which will be processed at the company’s Chita refinery. 
In addition to gasoline, the refinery also produces naphtha, a key petroleum-based product with wide applications in various industries. 
Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 0.0%Eric Johnston: 2.1%The Japan Times: 3.5%Confirmation Bias0.0%This article: 35.0%Eric Johnston: 2.4%The Japan Times: 1.9%Anchoring Bias35.0%This article: 19.7%Eric Johnston: 7.3%The Japan Times: 4.7%Availability Heuristic19.7%This article: 19.7%Eric Johnston: 0.9%The Japan Times: 1.3%Representativeness Heuristic19.7%This article: 0.0%Eric Johnston: 0.5%The Japan Times: 0.6%Hindsight Bias0.0%This article: 35.0%Eric Johnston: 1.7%The Japan Times: 2.0%Overconfidence Bias35.0%This article: 26.5%Eric Johnston: 11.5%The Japan Times: 14.3%Framing Effect26.5%This article: 0.0%Eric Johnston: 1.9%The Japan Times: 0.8%Loss Aversion0.0%This article: 0.0%Eric Johnston: 1.8%The Japan Times: 1.3%Status Quo Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Eric Johnston: 0.5%The Japan Times: 0.2%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 18.8%Eric Johnston: 3.5%The Japan Times: 4.7%Optimism Bias18.8%This article: 0.0%Eric Johnston: 3.2%The Japan Times: 3.3%Pessimism Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Eric Johnston: 9.9%The Japan Times: 11.5%Negativity Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Eric Johnston: 0.4%The Japan Times: 0.8%Self-Serving Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Eric Johnston: 1.2%The Japan Times: 0.9%Fundamental Attribution Error0.0%This article: 0.0%Eric Johnston: 0.0%The Japan Times: 0.1%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Eric Johnston: 0.6%The Japan Times: 1.1%In-Group Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Eric Johnston: 0.6%The Japan Times: 0.8%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias0.0%This article: 16.2%Eric Johnston: 0.9%The Japan Times: 1.5%Halo Effect16.2%This article: 0.0%Eric Johnston: 0.0%The Japan Times: 0.1%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Eric Johnston: 0.0%The Japan Times: 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Eric Johnston: 1.9%The Japan Times: 2.2%Recency Bias0.0%This article: 10.3%Eric Johnston: 0.6%The Japan Times: 0.9%Primacy Effect10.3%This article: 0.0%Eric Johnston: 0.0%The Japan Times: 0.0%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Eric Johnston: 0.2%The Japan Times: 0.2%Ad Hominem0.0%This article: 0.0%Eric Johnston: 0.5%The Japan Times: 0.1%Straw Man0.0%This article: 0.0%Eric Johnston: 3.6%The Japan Times: 5.6%Appeal to Authority0.0%This article: 0.0%Eric Johnston: 2.7%The Japan Times: 1.6%False Dilemma0.0%This article: 0.0%Eric Johnston: 0.8%The Japan Times: 1.0%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 0.0%Eric Johnston: 0.0%The Japan Times: 0.2%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 0.0%Eric Johnston: 2.9%The Japan Times: 4.5%Hasty Generalization0.0%This article: 0.0%Eric Johnston: 0.2%The Japan Times: 0.3%Red Herring0.0%This article: 0.0%Eric Johnston: 0.3%The Japan Times: 0.6%Bandwagon0.0%This article: 0.0%Eric Johnston: 2.9%The Japan Times: 3.6%Appeal to Emotion0.0%This article: 0.0%Eric Johnston: 0.5%The Japan Times: 0.9%Begging the Question0.0%This article: 0.0%Eric Johnston: 5.5%The Japan Times: 4.2%Post Hoc (False Cause)0.0%This article: 0.0%Eric Johnston: 0.0%The Japan Times: 0.1%Tu Quoque0.0%This article: 0.0%Eric Johnston: 0.0%The Japan Times: 0.5%Burden of Proof0.0%This article: 16.2%Eric Johnston: 0.2%The Japan Times: 0.1%Appeal to Nature16.2%This article: 0.0%Eric Johnston: 0.2%The Japan Times: 0.2%Composition/Division0.0%This article: 0.0%Eric Johnston: 0.5%The Japan Times: 1.0%Anecdotal0.0%This article: 0.0%Eric Johnston: 0.0%The Japan Times: 0.0%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 0.0%Eric Johnston: 0.9%The Japan Times: 3.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation)0.0%This article: 0.0%Eric Johnston: 0.0%The Japan Times: 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Eric Johnston: 0.0%The Japan Times: 0.1%Middle Ground0.0%This article: 0.0%Eric Johnston: 0.0%The Japan Times: 0.0%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 0.0%Eric Johnston: 0.1%The Japan Times: 0.1%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 0.0%Eric Johnston: 0.0%The Japan Times: 0.0%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Eric Johnston: 2.0%The Japan Times: 4.5%Unattributed Quote0.0%This article: 0.0%Eric Johnston: 0.3%The Japan Times: 1.8%Quote-first Misdirection0.0%This article: 0.0%Eric Johnston: 5.7%The Japan Times: 8.9%Biased Writer Voice0.0%This article: 0.0%Eric Johnston: 3.1%The Japan Times: 1.6%Indoctrination0.0%This article: 0.0%Eric Johnston: 0.6%The Japan Times: 0.6%Politically Left Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Eric Johnston: 0.0%The Japan Times: 0.2%Politically Right Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Eric Johnston: 0.1%The Japan Times: 0.5%Attempt to Sell a Product or S…0.0%

117 words analyzed.

Speakers

1speaker35%attributed speech76writer words
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Writer's voice • 12 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 23 words • 0.0% coverageIdemitsu Kosan • 41 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 22 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 19 words • 0.0% coverage
Selected voice

Idemitsu Kosan

100%flagged-word coverage
41 attributed words100% of attributed speech100% writer coverage

No manipulation-pattern hits were found in this speaker's attributed words or the writer's voice.

Attribution is sentence-level. Pattern percentages are calculated only from words assigned to that voice.

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Analysis

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