Japan PM Kishida in Qatar for LNG talks – Reuters

Japan PM Kishida in Qatar for LNG talks – Reuters

DOHA July 18 (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is due to arrive in major gas-producer Qatar on Tuesday for the final leg of a Gulf tour that has focused on securing future energy supplies and promoting Japanese high-tech.

Kishida, who has been urged by Japan's gas lobby to secure new liquefied natural gas (LNG) supplies from Qatar, is expected to hold talks with Qatar's emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani as well as Qatar's minister of state for energy and QatarEnegy's chief executive Saad Al Kaabi.

Japan, which remains highly dependent on oil and gas imports, did not renew several long term LNG contracts with Qatar when they lapsed in 2021 and 2022, significantly reducing gas imports from one of the world's top LNG exporters.