Monday, June 8, 2009

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Meeting with Major Organizations on Mid-Term Target for Addressing Global Warming

Photograph of the Prime Minister holding a meeting with representatives of major organizations (1)

Photograph of the Prime Minister holding a meeting with representatives of major organizations (1)

Prime Minister Taro Aso held a meeting at the Prime Minister's Office with representatives of labor union and industrial organizations to discuss a mid-term target for addressing global warming.

The Prime Minister first met with Mr. Tsuyoshi Takagi, President of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (RENGO), and then with Mr. Junro Naito, President of the Japan Federation of Basic Industry Workers' Unions, and Mr. Hiroyuki Nagumo, President of the Federation of Electric Power Related Industry Worker's Unions of Japan (Denryoku Soren), which was followed by a meeting with Mr. Fujio Mitarai, Chairman of the Nippon Keidanren (Japan Business Federation), Mr. Tadashi Okamura, Chairman of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI), Mr. Tsunehisa Katsumata, Chairman of the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), and Mr. Akio Mimura, Representative Director and Chairman of Nippon Steel Corporation. The Prime Minister exchanged views with them on a 2020 mid-term reduction target for greenhouse gas emissions.

Photograph of the Prime Minister holding a meeting with representatives of major organizations (2)

Photograph of the Prime Minister holding a meeting with representatives of major organizations (2)

Photograph of the Prime Minister holding a meeting with representatives of major organizations (3)

Photograph of the Prime Minister holding a meeting with representatives of major organizations (3)

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