Abe to push for 26% cut in emissions

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Tuesday he would pledge a 26 percent cut in the country's greenhouse gas emissions, ahead of a global summit on climate change this year.

He also promised to take a "leading role" in the international drive to reduce the pollutants blamed for global warming.

"This is an ambitious target that is in no way inferior to other countries internationally," Abe said at a Tuesday Cabinet meeting on climate change.