<story><title>Japan Breaks with U.S. Allies, Buys Russian Oil at Prices Above Cap</title><url>https://www.wsj.com/articles/japan-breaks-with-u-s-allies-buys-russian-oil-at-prices-above-cap-1395accb</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>carlivar</author><text>&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;archive.ph&amp;#x2F;NHWxq&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;archive.ph&amp;#x2F;NHWxq&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Japan Breaks with U.S. Allies, Buys Russian Oil at Prices Above Cap</title><url>https://www.wsj.com/articles/japan-breaks-with-u-s-allies-buys-russian-oil-at-prices-above-cap-1395accb</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>defrost</author><text>In related news; backstory [1]:&lt;p&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;    Australia is the biggest supplier of energy and key minerals to Japan, reflecting Australia’s position as a reliable, safe and competitive producer of raw resources.  Australia provides around two-thirds of Japan’s coal, and a third of Japan’s LNG imports. Australia also provides about 60 per cent of Japan’s iron ore imports.
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and, just the other day [2]:&lt;p&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;    The head of Japan&amp;#x27;s biggest oil and gas producer has warned that Australia risks undermining global security through a decision to &amp;quot;quietly quit&amp;quot; the international gas trade.

    In an extraordinary speech delivered at a federal parliamentary event on Thursday, Inpex chief executive Takayuki Ueda suggested Japan had been rattled by government interventions in Australia&amp;#x27;s gas industry.

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[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;japan.embassy.gov.au&amp;#x2F;tkyo&amp;#x2F;resources.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;japan.embassy.gov.au&amp;#x2F;tkyo&amp;#x2F;resources.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[2] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.abc.net.au&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;2023-03-30&amp;#x2F;japan-warns-world-peace-at-stake-in-australian-gas-exit&amp;#x2F;102167908&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.abc.net.au&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;2023-03-30&amp;#x2F;japan-warns-world-pea...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>