Japan's demand for oil is truly monstrous. Even if domestic oil consumption has wound down slightly in the last four decades, this one island nation consumed a staggering 151.4 million metric tons of ...

Japan and Kuwait have struck a deal to store crude oil for Southeast Asia in Japan in a bid to boost the region’s oil supply network, which is currently rather weak and vulnerable to supply outages.

Preliminary data released on Thursday by Japan’s Ministry of Finance showed that the country’s crude oil imports from Iran dropped 42 percent month-on-month to 169,100 barrels per day (bpd) in April.

TOKYO, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Japanese oil refiners should consider diversifying supply sources as 95% of its crude imports come from the Middle East, but importing Canadian oil could be challenging due ...

Alberta may help pay for a coker in a Japanese refinery Canada aims to diversify oil export markets beyond U.S. Refining upgrade could help Japan process Canadian heavy crude CALGARY/HOUSTON, Aug 25 ...

(Recasts with an annual oil imports) TOKYO, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Japan's crude oil imports rose 9.7% to 2.73 million barrels per day (158.64 million kilolitres) in 2022 from a year earlier, marking a ...

Diplomats are supposed to be a tactful tribe, but in Tokyo owl-eyed Mr. Eiji Amau, famed Official Spokesman of Japan’s Foreign Office, continues to carve out of tactlessness a great career. Many ...