Qatar is upset that Japan isn’t renewing its LNG contracts 🇶🇦💥🇯🇵 🥊 “You’ll get no sympathy from us the next time you need LNG,” a Qatar official said to Japan in Dec 🥊 Jera let a giant 25-year contract with Qatar lapse last year Great Nikkei report nikkei.com/article/DGXZQO…

Nobuo Tanaka, former Executive Director at the IEA, said the best way for Japan to contribute to global markets is restarting nuclear power plants and sending excess LNG to Europe bloomberg.com/news/videos/20…

経済産業省は15日、火力発電所の新設・廃止の見通しについてカウント漏れがあったことなどを理由に大幅に修正した。2030年度までに廃止される火力発電所が大幅に増える見通しとなり、電力需給が逼迫する可能性が高まる恐れがある。 bloomberg.co.jp/news/articles/…

Japan's METI significantly revised up its forecast for thermal power generation capacity that will be scrapped by fiscal 2030. It now expects 43.3GW will be scrapped. That's huge.

日本が主催する液化天然ガス（ＬＮＧ）の国際会議で、世界屈指の輸出国であるカタールのエネルギー相が自国との大型ＬＮＧ売買契約を打ち切った日本を皮肉る一幕があった。 bloomberg.co.jp/news/articles/…

This is Toyota President Akio Toyoda’s unique mode of transportation right now. $TM

Toyota Motor Corp. plans to keep gas-powered cars as a key part of its lineup, rejecting efforts by rivals to go fully electric amid concerns over how quickly consumers will embrace new technologies. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

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トヨタ自動車の豊田章男社長はラスベガスに集まった自動車ディーラーに対し、バッテリー駆動車の普及には、メディアで報じられているような期間よりも「長い時間を要するだろう」と指摘。 bloomberg.co.jp/news/articles/…

Japan is asking Malaysia to replace LNG shipments lost after a pipeline leak disrupted exports 🇯🇵 🙏 🇲🇾 📢 Japan trade minister said they are “strongly appealing” to Malaysia’s government 🚢 Petronas declared force majeure on some LNG to Japan this month bloomberg.co.jp/news/articles/…

🇯🇵 日本政府がエネルギー・金属鉱物資源機構（ＪＯＧＭＥＣ）に基金を設置し、民間企業の長期契約などを基にした液化天然ガス（ＬＮＧ）調達の支援に乗り出す方針であることが分かった。 With Tsuyoshi Inajima bloomberg.co.jp/news/articles/…

🇯🇵⚡️Japan is considering setting up a strategic reserve of LNG • Government will propose a plan to secure a so-called “strategic buffer LNG,” with authorities supporting local companies to buy excess supply for energy security bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Elon Musk’s prediction that Tesla would have an “epic” end of year looks more off base by the day. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

テスラ、水野氏が取締役退任へ－後任に共同創業者ストローベル氏 trib.al/EjZkGyC

The world’s largest battery maker doesn’t need Ford Motor Co. or Tesla Inc. It’s the US — and global — carmakers, desperate to go electric quickly, that need the Chinese behemoth. Anjani Trivedi bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…

In 23 years covering OPEC, this is a first. Under pressure from Saudi Arabia, OPEC has banned journalists from Reuters, the Wall Street Journal, and Bloomberg (including myself) from attending the group’s ministerial meeting in Vienna this weekend #OOTT bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Japan will propose a global strategic reserve for natural gas to avoid future shortages 🇯🇵⚠️ 🤝 The government will suggest the International Energy Agency create a gas stockpiling framework for member nations, similar to the emergency reserve for oil By Shoko Oda Tsuyoshi Inajima bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Jera signed an expression of interest to explore buying LNG from a long-delayed project in Alaska, according to people with knowledge of the matter. bloomberg.co.jp/news/articles/…