TOKYO, March 3 : Qatar's LNG production halt due to Iranian strikes will not immediately affect Japan's energy supply, and if there is any impact, Japan could tap the spot market or utilities could buy from each other, Trade Minister Yosei Akazawa said on Tuesday. Akazawa told a regular press conference that Qatari liquefied natural gas accounts for 4 per cent of Japan's total LNG imports and reiterated the government has no specific plans to release oil from stockpiles, while some Japan-bound