SUGAR LAND, TX — (Marketwired) — 07/26/13 — Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) — Japan is home to 54 , but only two of these are now running, following the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. To compensate for the loss of so much generating capacity, Japan began to increase its use of natural gas-fired power stations, leading to an increase in liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports. However, recent developments in the Japanese Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) are laying the groundwork for faster restarts. If Japan–s nuclear power comes back online, its record LNG consumption may decrease back to pre-earthquake levels.
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