Japan rejects 2009 deadline in post-Kyoto talks
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HAMBURG, Germany  - Japan blocked European Union efforts on Tuesday to set a 2009 deadline for agreement on an international pact to battle climate change once the Kyoto Protocol on reducing carbon emissions expires in 2012.
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ROME - Italy has called for an end to the Kyoto Protocol after the environmental treaty&#39;s initial period in 2012, preferring voluntary agreements that would entice the United States, China and India to tackle climate change.
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Japanese officials rushed on Friday to dismiss suggestions that the emperor overstepped his authority and meddled in government affairs by voicing his opposition to Tokyo schools' policy of compulsory patriotism.
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BRUSSELS, Oct 19  (IPS) - The European Union has rejected calls by West  African states to postpone the end-of-year deadline for  concluding a free trade agreement.
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell sought Japan's input on resolving the North Korean nuclear impasse after rejecting Pyongyang's demands to resume stalled talks on resolving the deadlock.
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe denied  on Monday that a groundbreaking security agreement he is to  sign with Australian Prime Minister John Howard in Tokyo this  week was aimed at reining in China.
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Japan has brushed off a North Korean statement saying it would consider sanctions imposed by Tokyo &quot;a declaration of war,&quot; and renewed calls for penalties on the North for failing to account fully for Japanese citizens it abducted decades ago.
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Japan backed off its plan to push for a   vote on North Korean sanctions at the U.N. Security Council on   Monday in the face of continued efforts by regional powers to   resolve a missile crisis through direct diplomacy.
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The world should halve emissions of greenhouse gases by 2050, Japan's prime minister says.
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From the anchor desk... A day after a senior Russian official attending a UN environmental conference in Milan said that Russia would not ratify the Kyoto Protocol on global warming in its present form, leaders
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Environmentalists reject US claims that it is doing as much to curb global warming as Kyoto deal nations.
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LONDON -- The United States has rejected Germany's bid to get the Group of Eight to agree to tough cuts in climate warming carbon emissions, according to a draft of the communique to be presented to next month's meeting.
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Japan is trying to take the lead on climate change at this week's G-8 summit, but the world's second-largest economy is falling behind on its existing obligations to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
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The US tells a UN conference on climate change it has no intention of joining the Kyoto Protocol in the near future.
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Japanese officials, arriving in Washington on Thursday for a historic meeting between the Group of Seven (G7) nations and China, distanced themselves from US demands for a review of China&#39;s currency policy.
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The United States, China and India must be part of the follow-up treaty to the Kyoto Protocol and agree to cut carbon emissions, Denmark's prime minister said Saturday. Japan's leader offered them a bold strategy for doing it.
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"The risk of the global economy taking a downward turn is increasing"  The United States, China and India must be part of the follow-up treaty to the Kyoto Protocol and agree to cut carbon emissions, Denmark's prime minister said Saturday. Japan's leader offered them a bold strategy for doing it.Climate change returned to the fore at the World Economic Forum's annual meeting, where Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda proposed a 2020 deadline for countries to boost their energy efficiency by 30 percent. He added that Japan would try to spread its high-quality environmental technology around the world. Read more