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(From Journal of Japanese Trade & Industry (JJTI))
Byline: Hatanaka Yoshiki
Dependence on Middle Eastern Oil Rising Again Japan's 2001 primary energy consumption in oil-equivalent units was 514.5 million tons, ranking it fourth in the world behind the United States (2,237.3 million tons), China (839.7 million tons) and Russia (643 million tons). However, a breakdown of the sources used to supply that energy reveals that oil accounts for nearly half of Japan's total primary energy supply at 48.1%, followed by natural gas at 20.0%, nuclear power at 14.1%, coal at 13.8% and other sources at 4%. Among the Group of Seven (G7) countries, only Italy has a ...