Report estimates Japan's carbon reduction policy will cost $515bn over 10 years

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Government panel says households to share the expense, spending $809 annually

Japan's policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 will cost $515bn (£256bn) over the next decade, according to a government panel report released yesterday. In June, the nation set a target...

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