Gazprom Chief Cancels Japan Visit Amid Islands Dispute
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OAO Gazprom Chief Executive Officer Alexei Miller canceled a visit to Japan to discuss a potential natural-gas project, raising concerns the territorial spat with Russia may sour economic ties.
Viktor Timoshilov, head of Gazprom’s eastern projects division, will still meet with Japanese trade ministry officials tomorrow, said Hirohide Hirai, director of the petroleum and natural gas division at the Japanese trade ministry.