Japan imported 6.2 million tonnes of LNG in October, according to Finance Ministry data.
This marked a 17.9% year-on-year rise, but a drop of 8% on September’s volumes.
Supplies from the Middle East jumped a massive 87.4% to sit at nearly 2 million tonnes, while Russia also upped the number of cargoes it sent to Japan by 16.4%.
Reduced volumes came from Asia, which provided 2.1
