New government policies rattle corporate Japan

[kristopher]

New government policies rattle corporate Japan
By Nobuhiro Kubo - Analysis

TOKYO (Reuters) - Proposals by Japan's new ruling party to slash greenhouse gas emissions may trigger a shake-out in smokestack industries like paper, cement and steel, but boost firms investing in solar and other green technologies.

A Democratic Party (DPJ) pledge to cut emissions by 25 percent from 1990 levels by 2020 is one of several proposals causing a stir across businesses.

Another is a plan aimed at banning most temporary factory workers. Corporate executives say that could hit profits and push more investment overseas.

The emissions target, reiterated by DPJ leader Yukio Hatoyama this week, is more ambitious than other industrialized nations, which are aiming for average cuts of 10-14 percent.

Hatoyama said it was premised on...

http://www.reuters.com/article/reutersEdge/idUSTRE5892TB20090910

[Laelth]

1. Good for Japan. Wish we could do the same.

At least one of their parties represents the people and not corporate interests.

:dem:

-Laelth

[pscot]

4. I kind of hoped that was what the last election

was about, at least in part. But I seem to have misunderstood.

[Laelth]

5. Me too. n/t

:dem:

-Laelth

[excess_3]

2. does geting rid of cement, really help?

every closed cement plant,
will be disassembled and then reassembled
in some third world country,
polluting as much, or more, than it did in Japan.

plus the transportation of the cement to Japan.

[notesdev]

3. You're on target there

Fighting pollution these days starts in China, for anyone who is really serious about the global problem.