EnergyJapanese trading house considers investments of over $600m in food-related areasSoybean plants in the U.S. state of Illinois. Sustainable aviation fuel can be produced from soybeans. © ReutersYUI SATO and KEIICHI FURUKAWAJuly 20, 2026 00:23 JSTTOKYO -- 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.Read NextCompaniesMitsubishi Corp. goes on offensive with record debt financingTransportationIndia launches first hydrogen train amid rail modernization driveTransportationJAL weighs miles program upgrade to boost non-aviation businessesClimate ChangeJapan's JGC bets on carbon-feeding bacteria to create bioplasticsSupply ChainOil giant BP's Castrol bets on liquid cooling to tap AI data center boomCaixinChinese biotech is having a 'DeepSeek moment'StartupsSingapore startup bags $50m to push algae production for biofuelsLatest on EnergyEnergyChina's role as 'swing importer' cushions oil market spikeEnergyChina's share of global wind turbine market reaches nearly 80%EnergyAustralia shale gas project to start in September, eyeing Japan exports