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Securing safe, stable and reliable energy sources from overseas is a fundamental task in maintaining a sound economy for countries such as Japan, where natural resources are relatively scarce. To achieve and to accomplish such a task, Japan has historically managed to import LNG from overseas by transporting natural gas in the form of LNG. We, LNG Japan, have been an active player in this field for over 30 years since we arranged the first LNG cargo delivery from Indonesia to Japan in the late 1970’s.

Recently in the Asia Pacific region, China and India have started to import LNG in response to growing energy demands and global environmental concerns. In the U.S and European markets, LNG has attracted significant attention due to depletion of regional natural gas production and diversification of energy supplies.

Under such circumstances, many new LNG projects are being developed in natural gas producing countries all over the world. With increased globalization of LNG trade, the LNG industry is currently facing a major turning point. Taking advantage of opportunities arising from the rapidly evolving business environment and of our expertise that we have accumulated over the years, we are aggressively expanding our business portfolio into areas such as new LNG projects and receiving terminals in the U.K. and the U.S. In the process, we are establishing a LNG global trade business model by connecting the Asian Pacific, European and U.S. markets.