・BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8268077.stm The new Japanese Prime Minister, Yukio Hatoyama, pledged to reduce emissions by 25% by 2020 compared to the 1990 level, calling it the Hatoyama Initiative
・NYT http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/23/science/earth/23climate.html?_r=1&ref=global-home Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama of Japan, who took office last week, said that his country would seek to cut greenhouse gas levels 25 percent, to 1990 levels, by 2020, and that Japan would provide significant financial and technical aid for green development.