Japan to launch first exchange for carbon emissions trading

JPX and economy ministry will set up trial section on Tokyo bourse in September

20220513 JPX and coal power plant

 A total of 440 Japanese companies, including Sumitomo Chemical and Panasonic say they want to take part in the emissions trading project. (Source photo by Ken Kobayashi and Mizuho Miyazaki)

KENSUKE YUASA and HIROKO MATSUMOTO, Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO -- Japan Exchange Group (JPX), together with the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), will establish the nation's first market for trading carbon dioxide emissions, Nikkei has learned.

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