Kyushu Electric to pull out of LNG power project in eastern Japan

Regional energy company fears rising costs; Tokyo Gas will proceed alone

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Kyoshu Electric Power and Tokyo Gas had planned to jointly build a new LNG-fired power plant near Tokyo Gas' Sodegaura LNG facility in Chiba Prefecture. (Photo by Kai Fujii)

Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO -- Kyushu Electric Power plans to withdraw from an LNG-fired power plant to be built in Chiba Prefecture, near Tokyo, Nikkei has learned.

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