Fumiya Kokubu, who became the new chairman of the Japan Foreign Trade Council, which is made by a major trading company, met and maintained interests in the oil and natural gas development project in Russia in which the trading company is participating, in line with the government policy. I emphasized the idea of doing so.
On the 31st, the Japan Foreign Trade Council held a press conference with Marubeni Chairman Fumiya Kokubu appointed as the new head to replace former Chairman Ken Kobayashi from Mitsubishi Corporation.
In this, Chairman Kokubun said that the EU-European Union agreed at a summit meeting on the 30th to ban the import of Russian oil as additional sanctions on Russia, which continues to invade Ukraine. "The flow of breaking away from Russia's dependence on energy is a common trend centered on the G7, including Europe, the United States and Japan, and I would like to appreciate this agreement."
On the other hand, Mr. Kokubun said, "Japan's energy security. From the perspective, it is the government's clear policy to basically protect interests. The private sector will also cooperate with the government and play a solid role in interests, "and maintain interests in line with the government's policy. I emphasized the idea of going on.