Japan weighs up price of US LNG imports and nation's energy future

摘要

After the Great East Japan Earthquake in March 1011, Japan increased LNG imports to an unprecedented level. Against the . backdrop of rapidly expanding demand in Japan, the world's largest LNG consumer, Asian LNG prices also surged. Accompanied by decreased exports of goods and services owing to the global economic recession, the value and volumes of increased LNG imports at high prices are major factors affecting Japan's trade deficit and adding to downward pressures on the Japanese economy.