Takaichi pushed back on U.S. request to ban Russian energy imports, report says
Government
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi told U.S. President Donald Trump that banning Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports would be difficult during their meeting in Tokyo, the Nikkei business daily reported on Wednesday, citing Japanese government officials. Russian LNG accounts for nearly 9% of Japan's total LNG imports, with Japanese companies Mitsui and Mitsubishi having stakes in the Sakhalin-2 project. Before Trump's Asia trip this week, the U.S. urged buyers of Russian energy, including
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