Assistant Secretary for Energy Resources Geoffrey R. Pyatt will lead a delegation to Tokyo, Japan, December 11-13 for the third annual U.S.– Japan Energy Security Dialogue. The event will feature discussions on energy security, investment opportunities in the clean energy sector, and regional energy cooperation.

Assistant Secretary Pyatt, accompanied by experts from the Department of State’s Bureau of Energy Resources, the Bureau of International Security Nonproliferation, the Department of Energy, and the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo, will meet with the Japanese delegation led by Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General Satoshi Katahira and Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry Director General Shinichi Kihara. The dialogue will also include a significant private sector component.

The dialogue will cover key areas of U.S. – Japan energy policy and diplomacy cooperation, including economic partnership under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and Japan’s Green Transformation (GX) law, critical mineral supply chains through the Minerals Security Partnership (MSP), U.S. LNG exports, and continued efforts to fortify Ukraine’s energy sector against relentless Russian attacks. The delegations will also discuss securing global energy flows and scaling up decarbonization technologies as well as progress in deploying clean energy resources such as civil nuclear, renewables, and hydrogen. Additionally, the dialogue will review activities under the Japan – U.S. Mekong Power Partnership (JUMPP), the Clean Energy Demand Initiative (CEDI), and other regional work to bolster energy security and energy sector transformation.

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