If we continue business as usual in Japan, in the year 2010, we will see an increase of 20 percent over 1990 levels. However, the combined effect of individual implementation of measures to reduce CO2 emissions should, together with policy efforts, just achieve a zero growth rate over the 1990 level. Furthermore, with the addition of reductions in methane, nitrous oxide and technological advancements, a 2.5 percent reduction from 1990 levels will actually amount to a reduction of 10 percent from 1995 levels. In the EU proposal, with the exclusion of Germany and the United Kingdom, we understand that the remaining 13 states of the EU will see a small increase over 1990 levels. Foreign Minister Obuchi said that the response of North Korea to the Tokyo decision for food aid might be significant in North Korea changing its policy toward Japan.
Japan has great interest in the peace and stability of the Korean Peninsula.
In this sense, we would like to carefully watch whether North Korea will make a change in the future on this vital question. But, we have got to note that the proposal for a Four-party Meeting has not made progress. We hope that the North Korean authorities led by General Secretary of the Party Kim Jong Il will positively engage in the issues in relation to the peace and stability of the Korean Peninsula, including the proposal for a Four-party Meeting and the dialogue between North Korea and the Republic of Korea. At the same time, we hope that North Korea will constructively engage in Japan-North Korea relations. There has not been a big move since we explained to you about preparatory talks on normalization between Japan and North Korea last August.