Corporate Japan steps up disclosure of climate change risks

New group to add nearly 100 companies to international transparency effort

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Western Japan was flooded by a typhoon last summer that damaged and disrupted business throughout the region. © Reuters

TAKERO MINAMI, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Japanese companies are forming an alliance this month to disclose the risks posed by climate change to their businesses, taking a step toward greater transparency in an area where corporate Japan has lagged its Western peers.

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