The nation's industries plan to jointly pressure the government to be formed by the Democratic Party of Japan to back off from its goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions 25 percent from 1990 levels by 2020, business sources said Wednesday.
The business leaders are expected to submit the request soon after the DPJ, which is more proactive on environmental issues than its predecessor, the Liberal Democratic Party, forms its Cabinet on Sept. 16, the day DPJ leader Yukio Hatoyama is expected to be voted in by the Diet as prime minister.
The Japan Business Federation (Nippon Keidanren), the nation's most powerful business lobby, intends to get industry leaders' opinions in shape by its regular monthly meeting on Sept. 14, a Keidanren source said.