Reported 15 days ago
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has urged Japanese Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato to stop Japan's energy imports from Russia, as part of efforts to curb funding for Russia's war in Ukraine. Japan, however, has maintained that it will continue importing liquefied natural gas from Russia, citing energy security concerns, despite pressure from the US. This makes Japan the only G7 nation not to have committed to ending Russian gas imports.
Source: YAHOO