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Fukuda to announce emissions cut target in June

Sunday 11th May, 03:14 AM JST

TOKYO —

Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda plans to announce Japan’s 2050 target for cutting emissions of greenhouse gases in June ahead of July’s Group of Eight summit, the top government spokesman said Saturday.

The target will be announced as “Fukuda’s Vision,” Chief Cabinet Secretary Nobutaka Machimura said in a speech in Sapporo. The government has apparently judged it necessary for Japan to set an emissions reduction goal, even though it is for 40 years in the future, in order to take the initiative at the summit as the host nation.

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1 Comments

  • pathat at 10:34 AM JST - 11th May

    Japan has not kept its promises under the terms of the Kyoto Protocol the past decade, not by a longshot, so why should we even entertain the notion that it would do so under some new plan for 40 years down the road?

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