TOKYO : Japan's industry minister Koichi Hagiuda said on Tuesday he will again ask the United States and Australia to boost output of liquefied natural gas and ensure a stable supply to the country when he meets his counterparts in Sydney later this week.
Hagiuda, who had asked U.S. and Australian energy ministers for alternative supplies following the Ukraine crisis, will travel to Sydney to attend the energy ministers meeting by the Quad which includes the United States, Japan, Australia and India, on Wednesday. He also plans to hold bilateral meetings.
There is an urgent need for Japan to prepare for a potential loss of investment participation and LNG supply from the Sakhalin-2 gas and oil project in Russia's far east, analysts say.
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