Japan mulls gas pipeline from Russian far east to hub near Tokyo
TOKYO — Japan is considering a 400 billion yen pipeline stretching from Russia’s far east to an industrial hub near Tokyo, as it eyes new energy supplies following the Fukushima crisis, a major utility said on Monday.

The proposed 1,400-kilometer-long offshore pipeline would start in Russia’s Sakhalin island and trace a course south along the Pacific coastline to near Japan’s capital, according to a spokesman for Tokyo Gas.
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