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Japan’s Alaska LNG Buy: Politics Over Need

Tokyo bends a trade knee to Donald Trump

Sep 18, 2025
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By: Tim Daiss
Coming to a country near you. Photo from Pipeline & Gas Journal

Japan's largest power producer, JERA Co. Inc., is the latest Asian buyer to sign onto the US$44 billion Alaska liquefied natural gas project that the Trump administration is forcing onto Asia. On the surface, the letter of intent inked on September 10 looks like a supply-securit…

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