Country
Japan: LNG infrastructure
Japan has 42 LNG terminals and 92 tracked gas pipelines in the Global Energy Monitor tracker. It is an importer, with 312 Mtpa of operating regasification capacity and no operating liquefaction.
Export capacity
—
no export terminal tracked
Import capacity
312 Mtpa
operating regasification
Pipelines
92
5,732 km tracked
Fleet
0
0 flagged, 0 owned from here
Import and export balance
| Direction | Terminals | Operating | Under construction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Export (liquefaction) | 0 | — | — |
| Import (regasification) | 42 | 312 | — |
Figures are whole-terminal capacities in Mtpa, not adjusted for ownership stakes or utilisation.
LNG terminals in Japan
| Import / export | Type | Units | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chita Kyodo LNG TerminalChūbu | Import | Not reported | Operating | 7.5 Mtpa | 1 | 1977 |
| Chita LNG TerminalChūbu | Import | Not reported | Operating | 10.9 Mtpa | 1 | 1983 |
| Chita Midorihama LNG TerminalChūbu | Import | Not reported | Operating | 7.7 Mtpa | 4 | 2001 |
| Fukuoka LNG TerminalKyushu | Import | Not reported | Retired | Not reported | 1 | 1993 |
| Futtsu LNG TerminalKanto | Import | Not reported | Operating | 22.9 Mtpa | 2 | 1985 |
| Hachinohe LNG TerminalTohoku | Import | Not reported | Operating | 1.1 Mtpa | 1 | 2015 |
| Hatsukaichi LNG TerminalChugoku | Import | Not reported | Operating | 0.8 Mtpa | 1 | 1996 |
| Hibiki LNG TerminalKyushu | Import | Not reported | Operating | 2.4 Mtpa | 2 | 2014 |
| Higashi Niigata LNG TerminalChūbu | Import | Not reported | Operating | 8.5 Mtpa | 1 | 1984 |
| Higashi Ohgishima LNG TerminalKanagawa | Import | Not reported | Operating | 13.2 Mtpa | 2 | 1984 |
| Himeji Joint LNG TerminalKansai | Import | Not reported | Operating | 8.1 Mtpa | 1 | 1979 |
| Himeji LNG TerminalKansai | Import | Not reported | Operating | 6.7 Mtpa | 1 | 1984 |
| Hitachi LNG TerminalKanto | Import | Not reported | Operating | 5.3 Mtpa | 2 | 2016 |
| Hokkaido Electric Tomakomai LNG Terminal | Import | Not reported | Proposed | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Hokkaido Gas Tomakomai LNG Terminal | Import | Not reported | Proposed | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Ishikari LNG TerminalHokkaido | Import | Not reported | Operating | 4.6 Mtpa | 3 | 2012 |
| Joetsu LNG TerminalChūbu | Import | Not reported | Operating | 4.2 Mtpa | 1 | 2012 |
| Kagoshima LNG TerminalKyushu | Import | Not reported | Operating | 0.3 Mtpa | 1 | 1996 |
| Kawagoe LNG TerminalKansai | Import | Not reported | Operating | 8.7 Mtpa | 2 | 1997 |
| Mizushima LNG TerminalChugoku | Import | Not reported | Operating | 2.9 Mtpa | 2 | 2006 |
| Nagasaki LNG TerminalKyushu | Import | Not reported | Operating | 0.15 Mtpa | 1 | 2003 |
| Naoetsu LNG TerminalNiigata | Import | Not reported | Operating | 2.1 Mtpa | 1 | 2013 |
| Negishi LNG TerminalKanto | Import | Not reported | Operating | 11 Mtpa | 1 | 1969 |
| Niihama LNG TerminalShikoku | Import | Not reported | Operating | 1 Mtpa | 1 | 2022 |
| Ohgishima LNG TerminalKanto | Import | Not reported | Operating | 10.3 Mtpa | 3 | 1998 |
| Oita LNG TerminalKyushu | Import | Not reported | Operating | 5.4 Mtpa | 2 | 1990 |
| Sakai LNG TerminalKansai | Import | Not reported | Operating | 6.4 Mtpa | 1 | 2006 |
| Sakaide LNG TerminalShikoku | Import | Not reported | Operating | 1.2 Mtpa | 2 | 2010 |
| Senboku 1 LNG TerminalKansai | Import | Not reported | Operating | 1.9 Mtpa | 1 | 1972 |
| Senboku 2 LNG TerminalKansai | Import | Not reported | Operating | 10 Mtpa | 1 | 1977 |
| Sendai LNG Terminal | Import | Not reported | Operating | 90 Mtpa | 1 | 1997 |
| Shin-Sendai LNG TerminalTohoku | Import | Not reported | Operating | 1.7 Mtpa | 2 | 2015 |
| Sodegaura LNG TerminalKanto | Import | Not reported | Operating | 29.3 Mtpa | 1 | 1973 |
| Sodeshi Shimizu LNG TerminalChūbu | Import | Not reported | Operating | 2.9 Mtpa | 2 | 1996 |
| Soma Port LNG TerminalTohoku | Import | Not reported | Operating | 1.5 Mtpa | 1 | 2018 |
| Tobata LNG TerminalKyushu | Import | Not reported | Operating | 7.6 Mtpa | 1 | 1977 |
| Toyama Shinko LNG Terminal | Import | Not reported | Operating | 1.8 Mtpa | 1 | 2018 |
| Wakayama LNG TerminalKansai | Import | Not reported | Cancelled | Not reported | 1 | — |
| Yanai LNG TerminalChugoku | Import | Not reported | Operating | 2.3 Mtpa | 1 | 1990 |
| Yokkaichi LNG CenterKansai | Import | Not reported | Operating | 6.4 Mtpa | 1 | 1988 |
| Yokkaichi Works LNG TerminalKansai | Import | Not reported | Operating | 2.1 Mtpa | 1 | 1991 |
| Yoshinoura LNG TerminalOkinawa | Import | Not reported | Operating | 0.8 Mtpa | 1 | 2012 |
Gas pipelines crossing Japan
Any pipeline whose country list includes this country, including transit pipelines that only pass through.
| Countries | Segments | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abstubetsu Gas PipelineKitahiroshima governor station (北広島 GS) → Atsubetsu governor station (厚別 GS) | Japan | Operating | 4.3 km | Not reported | 1 | 2005 |
| Amagasaki-Kumiyama Gas PipelineAmagasaki → Kobe | Japan | Proposed | 47 km | Not reported | 1 | 2029 |
| Chiba Gas PipelineSodegaura Valve Station → Edogawa | Japan | Operating | 33 km | Not reported | 1 | 1973 |
| Chiba Trunk LineSodegaura LNG Terminal → Misato GS | Japan | Operating | 91 km | Not reported | 1 | 1973 |
| Chiba-Kashima Gas PipelineChiba → Kamisu | Japan | Operating | 79 km | Not reported | 1 | 2012 |
| Chitose Trunk LineChitose governor station (千歳 GS) → Chitose City Kamasacho 943-3, 924-1 Kamitacho, Chitose (千歳市上長都 943-3、 千歳市上長都 924-1). | Japan | Operating | 7.5 km | Not reported | 1 | 1999 |
| Chuo Trunk Line Gas PipelineEdogawa → Soka | Japan | Operating | 33 km | Not reported | 1 | 2009 |
| Daini Chiba Gas PipelineSodegaura LNG Terminal → Oyumi | Japan | Operating | 30 km | Not reported | 1 | 2000 |
| Fukuhoku Gas PipelineHibikimachi → Higashihama | Japan | Operating | 75 km | Not reported | 1 | 1999 |
| Futo LineHigashihama → Hakozaki | Japan | Operating | 2.8 km | Not reported | 1 | 1990 |
| Gunma Trunk Line Gas PipelineAnnaka → Takasaki | Japan | Operating | 15 km | Not reported | 1 | 2010 |
| Hakata Trunk LineHigashihama → Katakasu | Japan | Operating | 3.8 km | Not reported | 1 | 1987 |
| Hakodate Trunk lineHakodate Minato Plant → Hakodate governor station (函館 GS) and the Hakodate east governor station (函館東 GS) | Japan | Operating | 8.8 km | Not reported | 1 | 2007 |
| Himeji Gas PipelineHimeji → Himeji | Japan | Operating | 4 km | Not reported | 1 | 2020 |
| Himeji-Okayama Gas PipelineHimeji → Okayama | Japan | Operating | 85 km | Not reported | 1 | 2014 |
| Honjo LineHagiwaramachi → Minami Kumamoto | Japan | Operating | 1.7 km | Not reported | 1 | 2000 |
| Hosokusa PipelineOhamishirasato → Sanmu | Japan | Operating | 17 km | Not reported | 1 | 1962 |
| Ibaraki Main Gas PipelineHitachi LNG terminal → Kamisu | Japan | Operating | 92 km | Not reported | 1 | 2021 |
| Ibaraki-Tochigi Gas PipelineHitachi → Moka | Japan | Operating | 81 km | Not reported | 1 | 2016 |
| Iruma Gas PipelineKonosu-shi → Ome-shi | Japan | Operating | 48 km | Not reported | 1 | 2005 |
| Ise Bay Gas PipelineChubu Electric Kawagoe Thermal Power Plant → Chita LNG Terminal | Japan | Operating | 20 km | Not reported | 1 | 2013 |
| Ishikari Trunk LineIshikari Bay New Port, Otaru → Kita-ku | Japan | Operating | 19 km | Not reported | 1 | 2011 |
| Iwafune-Oki Gas PipelineOffshore Japan → Offshore Japan | Japan | Operating | 21 km | 0.24 bcm/y | 1 | 1990 |
| Iwaki Offshore lineNaraha → Naraha | Japan | Retired | 41 km | Not reported | 1 | 1983 |
| Izumi LineHagiwara (熊本市萩原町) → Kokufu (熊本市国府) | Japan | Operating | 2.6 km | Not reported | 1 | 2011 |
| Izumisawa Trunk Line1007 Izumisawa → Wakakusa GS | Japan | Operating | 2 km | Not reported | 1 | 2008 |
| Joso Gas Pipeline | Japan | Operating | 26 km | Not reported | 1 | 1988 |
| Kaitei Trunk LineSodegaura LNG Terminal → Rikuage GS | Japan | Operating | 26 km | Not reported | 1 | 1977 |
| Keihin Gas PipelineNegishi Plant (根岸工場) Valve Station → Oi (大井) Governor Station | Japan | Operating | 40 km | Not reported | 1 | 1999 |
| Keiji Gas PipelineFushimi Governor Station → Kusatsu Governor Station | Japan | Operating | 46 km | Not reported | 1 | 2003 |
| Kinki Trunk Line Bay LineSakai → Hachijō | Japan | Operating | 21 km | Not reported | 1 | 2000 |
| Kinki Trunk Line No. 1 East LineSenboku → Osaka | Japan | Operating | 109 km | Not reported | 1 | 1972 |
| Kinki Trunk Line No. 2 East Line | Japan | Operating | 92 km | Not reported | 1 | 1978 |
| Kinki Trunk Line No. 2 West Line | Japan | Operating | 158 km | Not reported | 1 | 1989 |
| Kinki Trunk Line No. 3 West Line姫路製造所 → Fushimi (伏見 ) GS | Japan | Operating | 73 km | Not reported | 1 | 1994 |
| Kisarazu Rinkai Gas PipelineKisarazu → Kimitsu | Japan | Operating | 8.6 km | Not reported | 1 | 2015 |
| Kisarazu Rinkai Gas PipelineSodeguara → Kisarazu | Japan | Operating | 8 km | Not reported | 1 | 2008 |
| Kitakyushu Gas PipelineHibikimachi → Kitahama-cho | Japan | Operating | 6.7 km | Not reported | 1 | 2004 |
| Kofu Gas PipelineChino-shi → Shōwa | Japan | Operating | 72 km | Not reported | 1 | 2003 |
| Koga-Moka Gas PipelineKoga → Moka | Japan | Operating | 50 km | Not reported | 1 | 2017 |
| Koriyama North Gas PipelineMotomiya → Koriyama | Japan | Operating | 12 km | Not reported | 1 | 2015 |
| Kumagaya-Sano Gas PipelineKumagaya → Sano | Japan | Operating | 42 km | Not reported | 1 | 2004 |
| Kurume Gas PipelineHigashihama → Katakasu | Japan | Operating | 1.7 km | Not reported | 1 | 1996 |
| Matsumoto Gas PipelineChino City → Matsumoto | Japan | Operating | 102 km | Not reported | 1 | 2002 |
| Mie-Shiga Gas PipelineYokkaichi → Taga | Japan | Operating | 60 km | Not reported | 1 | 2014 |
| Minamifuji Gas PipelineFuji → Gotemba | Japan | Operating | 31 km | Not reported | 1 | 2006 |
| Nagaoka PipelineNagaoka City → Joetsu City | Japan | Operating | 68 km | Not reported | 1 | 1961 |
| Nagasaki Gas PipelineOe Town → Miharacho | Japan | Operating | 12 km | Not reported | 1 | 2002 |
| Nanohana Gas PipelineFuttsu → Ichihara | Japan | Operating | 31 km | Not reported | 1 | 2022 |
| Naoetsu Gas PipelineYachiho → Tomioka | Japan | Operating | 9 km | Not reported | 1 | 2013 |
| Naruto PipelineSanmu city (山武市) → Hiba City | Japan | Operating | 26 km | Not reported | 1 | 1965 |
| Nihongi PipelineKubiki → Nakago | Japan | Operating | 36 km | Not reported | 1 | 1959 |
| Niigata PipelineNagaoka city (長岡市) → Niigata city (新潟市 ) | Japan | Operating | 65 km | Not reported | 1 | 1961 |
| Niigata-Sendai Gas PipelineSeiro → Sendai | Japan | Operating | 261 km | 1.64 bcm/y | 1 | 1996 |
| Nishi west lineHigashi Ward (福岡市東区東浜) → Sawara Ward (福岡市早良区高取) | Japan | Operating | 8.7 km | Not reported | 1 | 1967 |
| Northern Kyushu Gas PipelineHibiki Liquid Natural Gas Terminal → Shingu | Japan | Operating | 60 km | Not reported | 1 | 2020 |
| Northern Saitama Gas PipelineKawagachi → Kumagaya | Japan | Operating | 38 km | Not reported | 1 | 1974 |
| Oumi Gas PipelineJoetsu → Itoigawa | Japan | Operating | 60 km | Not reported | 1 | 1960 |
| Ryomo Gas PipelineHonjo-shi → Ota | Japan | Operating | 88 km | Not reported | 1 | 2004 |
| Saihoku Trunk LineAngyo GS → Kumagaya | Japan | Operating | 59 km | Not reported | 1 | 2001 |
| Saikyo lineHigashi Ward → Chou Ward | Japan | Operating | 4.1 km | Not reported | 1 | 1981 |
| Saito Gas PipelineSoka → Koga | Japan | Operating | 40 km | Not reported | 1 | 2015 |
| Sakhalin-Hokkaido Gas PipelineSakhalin → Hokkaido | Russia, Japan | Cancelled | 1,500 km | 25 bcm/y | 1 | — |
| Second Joso Gas Pipeline | Japan | Operating | 14 km | Not reported | 1 | 2002 |
| Second Suruga Trunk PipelineShimizu Bay → Fuji City | Japan | Operating | 28 km | Not reported | 1 | 2004 |
| Shiga Gas PipelineKusatsu Governor Station → Taga Governor Station | Japan | Operating | 46 km | Not reported | 1 | 2006 |
| Shimizu lineSodeshicho → Matsubaracho | Japan | Operating | 2.2 km | Not reported | 1 | 1994 |
| Shin Kitami Gas PipelineKitami Plant, Hoji → Kitami-shi | Japan | Operating | 0.4 km | Not reported | 1 | 2008 |
| Shin Nagaoka Gas PipelineNagaoka City → Joetsu City | Japan | Operating | 76 km | Not reported | 1 | 2013 |
| Shin Negishi Trunk LineNegishi Plant, Isogo ward (根岸工場（横浜市磯子区)) → Shibashi governor station Izumi ward (新橋ガバナステーション（横浜市泉区)), Yokohama city, Japan. | Japan | Operating | 14 km | Not reported | 1 | 2013 |
| Shin Oumi Gas PipelineJoetsu → Itoigawa | Japan | Operating | 67 km | Not reported | 1 | 2009 |
| Shin Tokyo Gas PipelineJoetsu → Fujioka | Japan | Operating | 213 km | Not reported | 1 | 2012 |
| Shin-Yachiyo Gas PipelineMobara → Yachiyo | Japan | Operating | 68 km | Not reported | 1 | 1989 |
| Shiroishi-Koriyama Gas PipelineShiroishi → Koriyama | Japan | Operating | 96 km | Not reported | 1 | 2007 |
| Shizuhama Trunk LineShimizu ward (静岡市清水区) → Suruga ward ( 静岡市駿河区) | Japan | Operating | 16 km | Not reported | 1 | 2014 |
| Shizuoka Gas PipelineShowa-cho → Gotemba | Japan | Operating | 81 km | Not reported | 1 | 2006 |
| Sin SaseboHariokitamachi → Sashikata-cho | Japan | Operating | 5.3 km | Not reported | 1 | 2011 |
| Sodegaura-Rinkai Gas PipelineSodguara → Ichihara | Japan | Operating | 14 km | Not reported | 1 | 2006 |
| Soma-Iwamuna Gas PipelineShinchi → Iwanum | Japan | Operating | 40 km | Not reported | 1 | 2017 |
| Tochigi Gas PipelineSano → Moka | Japan | Operating | 53 km | Not reported | 1 | 2005 |
| Tokyo Trunk LineAsaka GS → Shimo Aso GS | Japan | Operating | 48 km | Not reported | 1 | 1975 |
| Tokyo-Niigata Gas PipelineTokyo → Adachi-ku | Japan | Operating | 323 km | Not reported | 1 | 1962 |
| Tomatoh Trunk LineKashiwabara governor station (柏原 GS) → Kashiwara, Tomakomai City (苫小牧市柏原 6-183) | Japan | Operating | 2.7 km | Not reported | 1 | 2008 |
| Toyama Gas PipelineItoigawa City → Toyama City | Japan | Operating | 106 km | Not reported | 1 | 2016 |
| Toyano PipelineAoyama (青山) Niigata city → Hamacho (浜 町) Niigata city | Japan | Operating | 17 km | Not reported | 1 | 1961 |
| Trans-Bay Gas PipelineTokyo → Tokyo | Japan | Operating | 20 km | Not reported | 1 | 2009 |
| Utsunomiya PipelineSano valve station (佐野ＶＳ) → Tsuruta governor station (鶴田ＧＳ) | Japan | Operating | 46 km | Not reported | 1 | 1976 |
| Wakakura PipelineHibikimachi → Kitahama-cho | Japan | Operating | 6.2 km | Not reported | 1 | 1987 |
| Yamagata Gas PipelineNiigata / Sendai Line Oiwake Branch valve station (ライン追分分岐VS) → Yamagata Gas delivery valve station (山形ガス受渡VS) | Japan | Operating | 30 km | Not reported | 1 | 2006 |
| Yokohama Trunk LineYokohama → Kawasaki | Japan | Operating | 6.3 km | Not reported | 1 | 1999 |
| Yokohama Trunk LineYokohama → Kawasaki | Japan | Operating | 6.3 km | Not reported | 1 | 2013 |
| Yufutsu-Sapporo Gas PipelineYufutsu Central Base → Chitose | Japan | Operating | 72 km | Not reported | 1 | 1996 |
Companies headquartered in Japan
Chokepoint exposure
Chokepoint exposure is shown on each terminal page, taken from a hand-maintained trade-lane table. It is an editorial routing model of typical laden voyages, not vessel tracking. The exposure feed aggregates it by chokepoint.