Japan, Brazil agree to promote biofuels and hybrid vehicles

Kishida and Lula hope to cooperate more on trade and decarbonization

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Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida met with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in Brazil's capital on May 3. © Reuters

HIROYUKI AKIYAMA and NIKI MIZUGUCHI, Nikkei staff writers

BRASILIA, Brazil -- Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva vowed on Friday to deepen cooperation on decarbonization while laying out a framework to popularize biofuels and hybrid vehicles.

Kishida met Lula in Brazil, which is vying with China and India for leadership of the Global South -- made up of emerging and developing countries that are becoming more vocal in the international community. Brazil is also this year's chair of the Group of 20 industrialized and emerging-market nations.

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