Japan’s oil demand: decline and fall?

Japan’s oil demand peaked at 5.8Mbpd in 1996, and has since declined at -2.0% per year to 3.4Mbpd in 2024.  To some, this trajectory may be a harbinger of events to come in broader global oil markets? However, this 7-page report finds unique features that do not generalize globally?

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