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DEFINING THE LNG & GAS AGENDA TO ACHIEVE 2050 NET-ZERO TARGET
The Japan LNG & Gas Summit is returning to Tokyo, Japan on 20 – 22 April 2021 for the 4th year.
With the continued participation and support from the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), JERA Co. Inc., Tokyo Gas and the Institute of Energy Economics, Japan (IEEJ), the Summit is your opportunity to meet with prospective and current partners and strike the best business deals in the largest and most established LNG market in the world.
The Japan LNG & Gas Summit gathers over
300 senior executives from across the LNG and gas value chain in Japan and globally and will allow you to reconnect with key industry leaders following an extended period of restrictions. Join us for this important industry gathering, which will discuss the need for greater
LNG trade flexibility, creation of a
‘fair price review’ mechanism for medium and long-term contracts, and analysis of how to
decarbonise the entire LNG value chain.
Get in touch with our team to get involved.
2021 Sponsors & Partners To Date:
Official Research Partner
Hydrogen Day 22 April 2021
As 2050 net zero target is pressing all companies involved in the energy sector to clean up their value chain and with Hydrogen being the best possible option for all, join us at the 4th Japan LNG & Gas Summit to create new and existing partnerships with companies from across the value chain.
2021 Distinguished Speakers Include
Takeshi SodaDirector, Oil & Gas DivisionMinistry of Economy, Trade & Industry (METI)
Takeshi Soda
Director, Oil & Gas Division
Ministry of Economy, Trade & Industry (METI)
Mr. Soda has served as Director, Oil and Gas Division since December 2019. He has long and rich experience of energy and climate change policy. Most recently, he served as Director, International Affairs Division since July 2019. Prior to that, he transferred to the U.S. and served as the Special Adviser to METI and Director of JETRO New York between 2016 and 2019. As a senior liaison between METI and the US government, he devoted himself to create Japan-US Strategic Energy Partnership (JUSEP), agreed between two top leaders of both countries in November 2017. As of now, JUSEP is the core of Japan-US economic cooperation and of Indo-Pacific strategy of both countries.
Before transferring to the U.S., Mr. Soda, serving as Executive Secretary to the Special Advisor of the Cabinet Office Minister in charge of overcoming population decline and revitalizing local economy, led the policy-making process and coordinated the government-wide activities related to revitalizing local economy between 2014 and 2016.
Mr. Soda joined METI in 1997. He spent almost his years in the field of energy, international economy, and financial affairs. He served to plan energy policy of Japan by deciding and allocating all energy budgets of METI for two years, which made him an expert of energy policy.
He also oversaw the long-term strategy of international trade policy for four years, contributing to form Nippon Export and Investment Insurance (NEXI), Export Credit Agency of Japan, in 2001.
Mr. Soda received an MBA in 2004 from the Goizueta Business School of Emory University in Atlanta, GA, USA. He obtained a BA in philosophy from the University of Tokyo in 1997.
Yoshimasa NakajimaMarketing Director - Ports & Harbours BureauMinistry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT)
Yoshimasa Nakajima
Marketing Director - Ports & Harbours Bureau
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT)
Yoshimasa NAKAJIMA is the Marketing Director Ports and Harbours Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) of Japan.
He holds a Master of Public Policy from University of California, Los Angeles and a Master of Civil Engineering from University of Tokyo.
He joined the MLIT of Japan in 2001, after his career as Deputy Director for law enforcement in Customs and Tariff Bureau, Ministry of Finance, and Director for International Policy in Ports and Harbors Bureau, MLIT, he was appointed as the Head of Kashima Port and Airport Office of Kanto regional Bureau, prior to his current appointment.
In his current capacity as Marketing Director, Ports and Harbors Bureau, MLIT, he coordinates hub port policies, including LNG bunkering.
Amy SweeneyDirector, Office of Regulation, Analysis, and Engagement; Office of Oil and Natural GasUS Department of Energy (US DoE)
Amy Sweeney
Director, Office of Regulation, Analysis, and Engagement; Office of Oil and Natural Gas
US Department of Energy (US DoE)
Atsunori TakeuchiExecutive Officer - Senior General Manager of LNG Optimization & Trading DepartmentTokyo Gas
Atsunori Takeuchi
Executive Officer - Senior General Manager of LNG Optimization & Trading Department
Tokyo Gas
Hitoshi NishizawaExecutive Officer, Senior Operating Officer, Optimization Dept.JERA
Hitoshi Nishizawa
Executive Officer, Senior Operating Officer, Optimization Dept.
JERA
Toshi Nishizawa is Executive Officer, Senior Operating Officer, Optimization Department, in charge of LNG procurement of JERA. Toshi has been with JERA (and formerly TEPCO) for more than 30 years. Prior to taking the current role in May 2019 he was Managing Director of JERA Australia and affiliates in Perth, where he managed several LNG upstream companies and investments there. Throughout his career Toshi worked for various aspects of LNG businesses: numbers of long/short-term/spot procurement negotiations, LNG upstream businesses including the first participation in the history by TEPCO, and related JV/commercial/financial/corporate aspects. He has an MBA from Cornell University and a BA from University of Tokyo.
Nobuo TanakaSpecial AdvisorThe Sasakawa Peace FoundationFormer Executive DirectorIEA
Nobuo Tanaka
Special Advisor
The Sasakawa Peace Foundation
Nobuo Tanaka is President of The Sasakawa Peace Foundation as of April 1st, 2015. He had been a former Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA) from 2007 to August 2011. He began his career in 1973 in the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), and has served in a number of high-ranking positions, including Director-General of the Multilateral Trade System Department. He was Minister for Industry, Trade and Energy at the Embassy of Japan, Washington DC. He has also served twice as Director for Science, Technology and Industry (DSTI) of the Paris-based international organization, OECD.
Yukari Niwa YamashitaManaging DirectorThe Institute of Energy Economics, Japan (IEEJ)
Yukari Niwa Yamashita
Managing Director
The Institute of Energy Economics, Japan (IEEJ)
Yukari Niwa Yamashita is the IAEE President for 2020 and she is a Board Member for the Institute of Energy Economics Japan (IEEJ) and Director, in Charge of the Energy Data and Modelling Center. She is responsible for quantitative and qualitative analyses on energy policy issues. In the aftermath of the tsunami and nuclear incident, her team’s analyses and recommendations contributed greatly to the electricity saving campaign and debate regarding a national energy mix for Japan. Annual IEEJ's Outlook is globally recognized for its timely analyses and pragmatic approach towards climate change.
Kyoya NittaExecutive Officer, General Manager Offshore Gas Project DivisionMitsui O.S.K.Lines, Ltd
Kyoya Nitta
Executive Officer, General Manager Offshore Gas Project Division
Mitsui O.S.K.Lines, Ltd
“The online event was extremely successful. It was great to hear various and valuable voices from key LNG players around the globe, which helps us to consider our new LNG policy”
Takeshi Soda
Director, Oil & Gas Division
METI
“It is very meaningful to hold this Summit in Asia’s major LNG consuming country agai”
Yuji Kakimi, President, JERA Co. Inc.
“The conference is a great opportunity to discuss the dynamism of the Japanese LNG market and also explore new business opportunities around Asia”
Kentaro Kimoto, Chief Executive, Gas Resources & Energy, Tokyo Gas
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