In the fiscal year 2020, the import volume of LNG from the United States to Japan amounted to approximately 6.2 million metric tons, the highest amount of the past two decades. Figures had decreased as low as 157 thousand metric tons in fiscal 2015 but have been on a continuous upward trend ever since.
Due to Japan's lack in domestic fossil fuel reserves, the country is heavily dependent on imports.
Import volume of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the United States to Japan from fiscal year 2000 to 2020
(in 1,000 metric tons)
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Shizuoka Prefectural Government. (March 31, 2023). Import volume of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the United States to Japan from fiscal year 2000 to 2020 (in 1,000 metric tons) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 30, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1238559/japan-lng-import-volume-u-s/
Shizuoka Prefectural Government. "Import volume of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the United States to Japan from fiscal year 2000 to 2020 (in 1,000 metric tons)." Chart. March 31, 2023. Statista. Accessed December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1238559/japan-lng-import-volume-u-s/
Shizuoka Prefectural Government. (2023). Import volume of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the United States to Japan from fiscal year 2000 to 2020 (in 1,000 metric tons). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1238559/japan-lng-import-volume-u-s/
Shizuoka Prefectural Government. "Import Volume of Liquefied Natural Gas (Lng) from The United States to Japan from Fiscal Year 2000 to 2020 (in 1,000 Metric Tons)." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Mar 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1238559/japan-lng-import-volume-u-s/
Shizuoka Prefectural Government, Import volume of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the United States to Japan from fiscal year 2000 to 2020 (in 1,000 metric tons) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1238559/japan-lng-import-volume-u-s/ (last visited December 30, 2024)
Import volume of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the United States to Japan from fiscal year 2000 to 2020 (in 1,000 metric tons) [Graph], Shizuoka Prefectural Government, March 31, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1238559/japan-lng-import-volume-u-s/
