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 ...

(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 ...

Although many Japanese continue to view the United States as their primary security provider and closest ally, some segments of the population have expressed growing discontent and unease regarding ...

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 ...