The "Task Force to Promote Measures Against Global Warming" headed by Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto met at his official residence and formally decided on a set of "basic preventive measures." Included are energy-saving, increased nuclear power generation, adoption of "summer time" to save daylight, and tax incentives for fuel-efficient cars.
Inspired by this initiative, Hashimoto resolved that he would help in earnest, the matter being "one of the top priority issues of my administration."