Net-zero pledges in Japan surged ahead of COP26: Nikkei survey

More than 250 companies have committed to becoming carbon neutral or negative

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Sunflowers surround a turbine at a wind farm in Awara, a Japanese city on the Sea of Japan coast. (Photo by Eiki Saot)

Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO -- More than 250 Japanese corporations have pledged to attain net-zero greenhouse gas emissions or better in the future, according to a Nikkei survey, with more than half coming this year in conjunction with a major U.N. climate summit.

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