By John Geddie, Tim Kelly, David Brunnstrom TOKYO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -When President Donald Trump sat down to lunch with his Japanese counterpart this month, talk turned quickly to how Tokyo could help realise a decades-old proposal to unlock gas in Alaska and ship it to U.

A seemingly ordinary lunch between President Donald Trump and a then Japanese politician Shigeru Ishiba this month peeled back the curtain on a bold vision: to reshape Asia’s energy landscape with American natural gas,

The broad market index added 0.24% to close at 6,144.15, while the Nasdaq Composite gained 0.07% to 20,056.25. The Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 71 points, or 0.16%, to finish the session at 44,627.59.

Asian markets sank Tuesday as fears of US President Donald Trump's trade war returning to the fore and he called for fresh curbs on Chinese investments in strategic sectors including

Asian stocks are set for a cautious start on Monday, following Wall Streets sharp losses on Friday as concerns over the U.S. economy and new tariff threats from President Donald Trump weighed on global markets.