THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
July 11, 2021 at 07:00 JST
A man shows a sign demanding Japan raise its emissions-reduction target to at least 62 percent in front of the economy ministry in Tokyo’s Kasumigaseki district on April 22. (Provided by Kinkyu Kiko)
Not good enough. That was the message to Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga from young climate activists on the day he officially unveiled the government’s new target for cutting greenhouse gas emissions. [Read More]
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