▁invest ments ▁of ▁ 2 8 6 ▁billion ▁dollars , ▁not ably ▁to ▁modern ise ▁and ▁develop ▁essential ▁infrastr ucture . ▁Many ▁Japanese ▁employees ▁of ▁these ▁companies ▁came ▁to ▁Al ger ia ▁for ▁various ▁projects . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 0 , ▁Al ger ia ▁with h eld ▁ 1 0 0 ▁billion ▁y en ▁($ 1 . 2 ▁billion ) ▁in ▁pay ments ▁ow ed ▁to ▁Japanese ▁contract ors ▁for ▁a ▁highway ▁construction ▁project ▁in ▁the ▁country ▁as ▁it ▁was ▁alleg ed ▁that ▁the ▁companies ▁had ▁failed ▁to ▁meet ▁the ▁terms ▁of ▁the ▁contract . ▁ ▁In ▁November ▁ 2 0 1 7 , ▁Al ger ia ▁started ▁export ing ▁li que f ied ▁natural ▁gas ▁( L NG ) ▁to ▁Japan . ▁ ▁See ▁also ▁▁ ▁D Z - m anga ▁ ▁Japanese ▁foreign ▁policy ▁on ▁Africa ▁ ▁References ▁▁▁ ▁Category : B il ater al ▁relations ▁of ▁Japan ▁Japan <0x0A> </s> ▁Anth elia ▁gla uca , ▁the ▁giant ▁anth elia , ▁is ▁a ▁species ▁of ▁soft ▁cor al ▁in ▁the ▁family ▁X eni idae . ▁It ▁is ▁a ▁colonial ▁species ▁and ▁is ▁found ▁in ▁shall ow ▁water ▁in ▁the ▁Ind o - P ac ific ▁region . ▁ ▁Description ▁Anth elia ▁gla uca ▁has ▁large ▁tub ular ▁poly ps ▁growing ▁from ▁a ▁cre eping ▁mat ▁that ▁sometimes ▁forms ▁st ol on - like ▁fingers . ▁The ▁non - ret ract able ▁poly ps ▁may ▁be ▁ ▁tall ▁with ▁a ▁ring ▁of ▁eight ▁sl ender , ▁pl ume -