Energy
Japanese trading house considers investments of over $600m in food-related areas
Soybean plants in the U.S. state of Illinois. Sustainable aviation fuel can be produced from soybeans. © Reuters
YUI SATO and KEIICHI FURUKAWA
TOKYO — Mitsubishi Corp. and major U.S. grain company Archer Daniels Midland will explore using soybeans and corn to make environmentally friendly aviation fuel, Nikkei has learned.