Staff writer
The Liberal Democratic Party-led coalition government is informally considering hosting a landmark United Nations-sponsored summit on the global environment in 2002 to advance an international crusade on environmental issues, informed sources said Wednesday.
The sources said the coalition government -- which includes the Liberal Party and is expected to be joined by New Komeito as early as the end of the month -- will decide by next spring, at the latest, whether to declare Japan's candidacy to host the U.N. environmental summit.
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