Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada showed interested Thursday in the possibility of Japanese firms taking part in natural resource development projects in Mongolia when he met with his Mongolian counterpart G. Zandanshatar in Hanoi, a Japanese official said.
In talks held on the sidelines of meetings of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in the Vietnamese capital, Okada said Japanese companies are eager to be involved in coalfield development and uranium mining in the country, according to the official.
