TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has committed to ending government support this year for overseas coal power projects led by domestic companies without offsets, bringing his country in line with Group of Seven peers in their stance against the fossil fuel.
Suga's promise Sunday at the G-7 summit in the U.K. marks a step forward from May, when Japan agreed at a meeting of environmental ministers to take specific actions on ending coal funding in 2021.
