LNG imports (million cubic meters) - Japan - FSR - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: Liquefied Natural Gas imports (FSR)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In Japan, LNG imports were 8,772.0 million cubic meters in December 2025, compared to 6,347.0 in November 2025. This constitutes a rise of 38.21 percent.
Sample. There are 108 data points in the monthly time series presented in the plot above. The time period covered by the series stretches from January 2017 to December 2025.
History. Here's a glimpse of a few simple statistics we calculated on the full sample: imports recorded their highest level of 11,961.0 million cubic meters in January 2017; they reached their minimum of 5,957.0 in June 2025; they averaged 8,479.4.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Million cubic meters |
|---|---|
| 2025-10-31 | 7757.0 |
| 2025-11-30 | 6347.0 |
| 2025-12-31 | 8772.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) imports |
| Country | Japan |
| Economic concept | Flow |
| Data type | Quantity |
| Seasonally adjusted | No |
| Deflation method | Not applicable |
| Rescaling | None |
| Measure type | Level |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Unit | Million cubic meters |
| Source | FetchSeries Research; calculations on CREA, Eurostat, EIA and Jodi data |
| Source type | Data research lab |
| Data licence | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) + FetchSeries disclaimers |
| Other information | Not available |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | SM01 |
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Global LNG trade
| Series Name | Observations | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| LNG imports (million cubic meters) - World - FSR - Monthly | 108 | 2017-01-31 | 2025-12-31 |