• Kanagawa Gov. Yuji Kuroiwa (left) and Hello Kitty attend an event organized by the Japanese government to promote efforts to achieve the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals, at the U.N. headquarters in New York in July. | KYODO
    Kanagawa Gov. Yuji Kuroiwa (left) and Hello Kitty attend an event organized by the Japanese government to promote efforts to achieve the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals, at the U.N. headquarters in New York in July. | KYODO

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Only about 13 percent of local government authorities in Japan are working to achieve the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals, in areas such as the fight against climate change, a Cabinet Office survey has shown.

Some 58 percent of local governments are interested in the SDGs, according to the survey, but its results indicate that only a small proportion of them are taking concrete steps.

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