Greenhouse gases equivalent to 1.256 billion tons of carbon dioxide were emitted in Japan in fiscal 2010, up 3.9 percent from the year before and the first surge in three years amid an economic recovery, the Environment Ministry said Tuesday.
Compared with the 1990 level, the base year under the Kyodo Protocol, emissions were down 0.4 percent, but by including emissions rights bought from abroad, a 10.3 percent reduction was attained in the year through last March, the ministry said in a preliminary report.
Emissions could rise sharply in the current fiscal year, however, as reliance on nuclear power fell amid the Fukushima crisis. (Japan Times)
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