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(From International Herald Tribune (Herald Asahi))

Environment tax left out of emission-reduction plan The Asahi Shimbun An exasperated Shozaburo Jimi visited Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on Tuesday to complain about a draft plan on how Japan can reduce its greenhouse gas emissions

Jimi, chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party's Research Commission on Basic Environmental Problems, was upset because an environment tax was not included in the plan

Koizumi only replied, ``Environment is important.'' So in the end, the draft plan compiled by the Global Warming Prevention Headquarters, headed by Koizumi, merely said the green tax would be …