Japan is already the number one foreign investor in the U.S., with $754 billion invested as of last year — and that number has grown by 50% since 2018. But $550 billion more is... a lot.

Japan is the world's largest LNG importer at about 35% of global demand, or 12.7 Bcf/day, with pretty much all of the country's gas use met via LNG. Japan’s LNG imports fell 6.2% in in the ...

Japan is looking to Western allies to help it secure LNG contracts beyond 2030. The supply risks associated with relying on Russia for LNG supplies have become prominent since Russia invaded Ukraine.

Malaysia's state energy firm Petronas on Monday said it has successfully shipped its first liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargo to Japan from its newly operational LNG facility in Kitimat, Canada.

Japan’s liquefied natural gas inventories dropped to the lowest level in over a year-and-a-half and could push the nation’s utilities to buy more fuel ahead of winter. Skip to content.

According to analysts, Japan’s “metamorphosis from buyer to merchant” is prompting firms — with state backing — to resell LNG and encourage other countries, especially in Southeast Asia, to adopt gas power. This risks locking those nations into fossil fuel use at a time when the global focus is shifting to renewables.

The European Union has lifted sanctions on three Japanese liquefied natural gas tankers after securing assurances they will no longer carry gas from Russian projects, Reuters reported Tuesday. The vessels — North Moon,