Nuclear Outages Send Japan LNG Imports to Record High in August

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Japan’s LNG imports surged to an all-timehigh of 7.545 million tons in August, up18.2% from a year earlier, the finance ministrysaid on Wednesday — underlining the conse-quences of the March Fukushima disaster,which has led to the closure of more thanthree-quarters of the country’s nuclear capacity.Only 11 of Japan’s 54 reactors are now inoperation, after the disaster prompted addi-tional safety checks and as public oppositionto the restarts remains strong, even thoughPrime Minister Yoshihiko Noda on Tuesdayreaffirmed his desire to see the reactors re-open by next summer.