VOL. XXXIX

No. 56

21-October-1996

GENERAL

Japan's Petroleum Policy Under A Changing International Environment

by Ryozo Hayashi

The following is the text of a presentation made by Mr. Ryozo Hayashi, Director General of the Petroleum Department in Japan's Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI), at the Oxford Energy Seminar on 11 September.

This past July, I succeeded Hirobumi Kawano, who represented Japan at last year's seminar, as Director General of the Petroleum...