Japan launches new decarbonization dialogue with Central Asia

TOKYO -- Japan and five Central Asian nations vowed Tuesday to collaborate on reducing greenhouse gas emissions, creating a new cabinet-level dialogue to help launch specific projects.

Yasutoshi Nishimura, Japan's minister of economy, trade and industry, held the inaugural economic and energy talks here that day with counterparts from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.