TOKYO (AFX-ASIA) – Mizuho Corporate Bank and other Japanese banks will offer large-scale lending with government backing to businesses in energy-rich countries outside the Middle East, the Nihon Keizai newspaper reported. The move is part of a joint effort by the government and private-sector banks to make Japan less dependent on Middle East energy sources…
JAPAN: Mizuho, other banks to offer loans to non-MidEast oil-rich nations Ð report
Posted on April 7, 2003 by EnergyAsia