TOKYO :Japanese trading house Mitsui said on Wednesday it was raising its annual profit forecast by 6 per cent due to an improved performance from its liquefied natural gas and mineral and metal resources businesses.It now expects a net profit of 820 billion yen ($5.4 billion) for the year ending in March, th

TOKYO :Japanese trading house Itochu posted on Wednesday a 500.3 billion yen ($3.32 billion) net profit in the six months ended September, up 14 per cent from the same period a year ago.Itochu, active in everything from commodities trading to food businesses, kept its net profit forecast for the full fiscal y