TOKYO -- Efforts by hundreds of Japanese companies to cut greenhouse gas emissions will not be enough to fulfill the government's goal for the end of the decade, according to official data released Tuesday.
Companies to reduce greenhouse gases 40%, coming in under government's 46% goal

Japanese power utility JERA accounts for roughly a tenth of the country's total emissions. (Photo by Makoto Okada)
TOKYO -- Efforts by hundreds of Japanese companies to cut greenhouse gas emissions will not be enough to fulfill the government's goal for the end of the decade, according to official data released Tuesday.