Japan can't reduce greenhouse gas by 25%

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Japan can't reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 25%

Vice Minister of the Environment Hideki Minamikawa says it will be hard for Japan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by as much as it previously said. Japan had said it would cut emissions by 25 percent from 1990 levels by 2020 if major emitting countries participate in the same framework. On Sunday, Minamikawa made the remarks to reporters in Bangkok, Thailand, in consideration of the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in northeastern Japan. The power plant was hit by the tsunami caused by the magnitude 9 earthquake on March 11th. Minamikawa said the accident will have a big effect on Japan's greenhouse gas reduction target. He also said the target was made on the assumption that 8 or 9 nuclear reactors would be in operation by 2020. But the Vice Minister of the Environment added that the issue must be studied based on a long-term vision, after the Fukushima Daiichi plant is stabilized. Read more at www3.nhk.or.jp

 

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