Japanese nuclear restarts to weigh on global gas market

By James Byrne 16 January 2015 11:57 GMT
The Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant. Japan is hoping to restart its shuttered reactors. (Tepco) The Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant. Japan is hoping to restart its shuttered reactors. (Tepco)

Global gas markets are set to come under further pressure this year as Japan – the world’s largest LNG buyer – begins restarting its nuclear reactors. 

The move comes after years of burgeoning fossil fuel imports stretched the balance sheets of the country’s largest power providers.