TOKYO -- Japanese trading houses are making big bets on liquefied natural gas as a relatively clean form of energy as regulations on greenhouse gases tighten worldwide. Companies such as Marubeni, Mitsui & Co. and Mitsubishi Corp. have all been expanding their LNG businesses in Asia and elsewhere.
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