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Japan looks for answers to flood of Chinese fuel

Published Tue, Mar 21, 2017 · 09:50 PM

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Tokyo

HUDDLED deep within Tokyo's government district, nearly two dozen of Japan's top oil specialists pore over a problem plaguing its energy industry: how can they stop China from pushing its crude refiners into a corner?

The taskforce, summoned by the trade ministry, needs a strategy to save oil refiners battered by years of declining demand at home. The processors, including JX Holdings Inc and Idemitsu Kosan Co, now face rising competition for sales in Asia, the world's biggest oil market.

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