Japan's greenhouse gas emissions fell in fiscal 2019 for the sixth straight year to reach their lowest level since comparable data became available in fiscal 1990, partly due to the impact of the U.S.-China trade dispute, the Environment Ministry said Tuesday.
The equivalent of 1.213 billion tons of carbon dioxide was emitted in the year through March 2020, down 2.7% from a year earlier to rewrite the previous low recorded in fiscal 2018, according to preliminary data.
The ministry attributed the drop to declines in production in the steel industry and others affected by the U.S.-China trade war, and expansions of renewable energy.