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.
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Climate activists dressed as the electric Pokemon character Pikachu hold a demonstration June 11 in the U.K. ahead of the Group of Seven summit. © Kyodo
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