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The Trump administration expects Japan to stop importing energy from Russia, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Japanese Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato during a meeting on Wednesday, according to a post on X.
While the US is ramping up efforts to reduce Moscow’s energy sales to stem its main source of funds for the war in Ukraine, Japan has often said that it doesn’t plan to stop buying Russian liquefied natural gas on energy security grounds. The Asian nation got about 8% of its LNG imports from Russia last year.
Bessent Says US Expects Japan to Stop Russian Energy Imports
