US climate envoy visits Japan as efforts continue to fight climate change

John Kerry and Japanese environment minister Shinjiro Koizumi (Pool/AP)

US climate envoy John Kerry has met Japan’s top diplomat in Tokyo to push efforts to fight climate change ahead of a United Nations conference in Glasgow this year.

Foreign minister Toshimitsu Motegi highlighted what he said was the importance of getting other major carbon emitters, especially China, to cooperate.