Bolivian President Evo Morales believes that lithium - the world’s lightest metal with half the density of water - may help turnaround the poor landlocked nation, which has roughly half of the world’s proven lithium reserves.

Tokyo, Sept. 9 (Jiji Press)--Major Japanese trading house Mitsubishi Corp. and social network service provider Mixi Inc. will set up a joint firm to facilitate financial settlements on Mixi's namesake Web site. The joint company, NexPAS Inc., to be established on Oct.

Tokyo, July 17 (Jiji Press)--Major trading house Mitsubishi Corp. said Thursday its Australian joint venture with BHP Billion has acquired a full stake in a coking coal mine in Queensland for 2.45 billion Australian dollars.

Tokyo, June 23 (Jiji Press)--The top six trading houses in Japan chalked up a combined group net profit of more than 1.5 trillion yen in fiscal 2007, an all-time high, thanks to soaring prices of natural resources that have been a serious blow to other Japanese companies.

By Lee Logan, Tulsa World, Okla. Jun. 21--The youngest pilot to circle the globe plus two top Mitsubishi Corp. executives were in Tulsa on Friday to speak to kids about aviation careers and to tour an airplane repair facility.