由于国内能源的缺乏，一直以来日本都致力于海外能源的开发与利用，逐步形成了一套独具特色的海外能源开发模式。与此同时，围绕海外能源的开发与利用，日本构建起以政府、政策实施机构、银行、综合商社等为主体的较为完善的支持体系，从而确保了日本的能源利用与开发。作为日本能源政策的实施机构，独立行政法人日本石油天然气·金属矿物资源机构（JOGMEC）在出资、债务担保、建立全球矿产资源信息网络、技术开发与技术支持以及基础地质结构调查等方面发挥了极其重要的协调、支持功能。
Due to the lack of domestic energy，Japan had to develop and utilize overseas energy，therefore gradually formed a mode of unique overseas energy development. At the same time，Japan built an adequate support system including the government，policy implementation institutions，banks，and comprehensive trading company，so as to secure Japanese energy development and utilization. As the energy policy implementation mechanism，JOGMEC plays extremely important coordination and supporting roles in following areas：investment，debt guarantees，establishment of the global mineral resources information network，technology development and support，basic geological structure survey and others.
