
Japanese trading giant Mitsui, which has investments in LNG projects globally, could consider supporting a planned $44-billion LNG export project in Alaska, Mitsui’s chief financial officer Tetsuya Shigeta told Reuters on Monday. The trading house hasn’t made any decisions on the project yet, the executive added. Shigeta also hopes that an upcoming meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru could bolster relations and boost Japanese presence in the United States. Japan could be open to discussing…