2	7	TOKYO	TOKYO	NNP
7	8	,	,	,
9	12	Feb	Feb	NNP
13	15	15	15	CD
16	17	(	(	(
17	20	AFP	AFP	NNP
20	21	)	)	)
22	23	-	-	HYPH
24	29	Japan	Japan	NNP
30	36	Friday	Friday	NNP
37	45	welcomed	welcome	VBD
46	55	President	President	NNP
56	62	George	George	NNP
63	65	W.	W.	NNP
66	70	Bush	Bush	NNP
70	72	’s	's	POS
73	84	alternative	alternative	JJ
85	87	to	to	TO
88	91	the	the	DT
92	97	Kyoto	Kyoto	NNP
98	106	Protocol	Protocol	NNP
107	109	on	on	IN
110	118	reducing	reduce	VBG
119	129	greenhouse	greenhouse	NN
130	135	gases	gas	NNS
135	136	,	,	,
137	140	but	but	CC
141	145	said	say	VBD
146	148	it	it	PRP
149	153	will	will	MD
154	159	press	press	VB
160	162	on	on	RP
163	167	with	with	IN
168	180	ratification	ratification	NN
181	183	of	of	IN
184	187	the	the	DT
188	192	pact	pact	NN
193	196	the	the	DT
197	199	US	US	NNP
200	208	rejected	reject	VBD
208	209	.	.	.

216	217	“	``	``
217	220	The	the	DT
221	231	government	government	NN
232	234	of	of	IN
235	240	Japan	Japan	NNP
241	252	appreciates	appreciate	VBZ
253	256	the	the	DT
257	269	announcement	announcement	NN
270	272	of	of	IN
273	280	climate	climate	JJ
281	287	change	change	NN
288	294	policy	policy	NN
295	297	by	by	IN
298	301	the	the	DT
302	312	government	government	NN
313	315	of	of	IN
316	319	the	the	DT
320	326	United	United	NNP
327	333	States	State	NNPS
334	336	on	on	IN
337	345	February	February	NNP
346	348	14	14	CD
349	351	as	as	IN
352	353	a	a	DT
354	367	demonstration	demonstration	NN
368	370	of	of	IN
371	374	its	its	PRP$
375	382	serious	serious	JJ
383	392	intention	intention	NN
393	395	to	to	TO
396	403	address	address	VB
404	407	the	the	DT
408	413	issue	issue	NN
414	416	of	of	IN
417	423	global	global	JJ
424	431	warming	warming	NN
431	432	,	,	,
432	433	”	''	''
434	441	Foreign	Foreign	NNP
442	450	Minister	Minister	NNP
451	457	Yoriko	Yoriko	NNP
458	467	Kawaguchi	Kawaguchi	NNP
468	472	said	say	VBD
473	475	in	in	IN
476	477	a	a	DT
478	487	statement	statement	NN
487	488	.	.	.

495	498	The	the	DT
499	507	minister	minister	NN
508	515	however	however	RB
516	520	said	say	VBD
521	526	Japan	Japan	NNP
527	531	will	will	MD
532	537	press	press	VB
538	540	on	on	RP
541	545	with	with	IN
546	558	ratification	ratification	NN
559	561	of	of	IN
562	565	the	the	DT
566	570	1997	1997	CD
571	576	Kyoto	Kyoto	NNP
577	581	pact	pact	NN
582	584	on	on	IN
585	591	global	global	JJ
592	599	warming	warming	NN
599	600	,	,	,
601	606	which	which	WDT
607	618	environment	environment	NN
619	628	ministers	minister	NNS
629	633	from	from	IN
634	637	160	160	CD
638	647	countries	country	NNS
648	650	–	--	:
651	655	with	with	IN
656	659	the	the	DT
660	669	exception	exception	NN
670	672	of	of	IN
673	676	the	the	DT
677	683	United	United	NNP
684	690	States	State	NNPS
691	693	–	--	:
694	700	agreed	agree	VBD
701	703	on	on	RP
704	706	in	in	IN
707	714	Morocco	Morocco	NNP
715	719	last	last	JJ
720	728	November	November	NNP
729	734	after	after	IN
735	743	marathon	marathon	NN
744	749	talks	talk	NNS
749	750	.	.	.

757	758	“	``	``
758	763	While	while	IN
764	767	the	the	DT
768	778	government	government	NN
779	781	of	of	IN
782	787	Japan	Japan	NNP
788	795	intends	intend	VBZ
796	798	to	to	TO
799	803	take	take	VB
804	807	all	all	DT
808	817	necessary	necessary	JJ
818	823	steps	step	NNS
824	826	to	to	TO
827	833	ensure	ensure	VB
834	837	the	the	DT
838	846	approval	approval	NN
847	849	by	by	IN
850	853	the	the	DT
854	858	Diet	Diet	NNP
859	861	of	of	IN
862	865	the	the	DT
866	871	Kyoto	Kyoto	NNP
872	880	Protocol	Protocol	NNP
881	883	as	as	RB
884	888	well	well	RB
889	891	as	as	IN
892	895	the	the	DT
896	905	enactment	enactment	NN
906	908	of	of	IN
909	912	the	the	DT
913	921	required	required	JJ
922	933	legislation	legislation	NN
934	940	during	during	IN
941	944	the	the	DT
945	952	current	current	JJ
953	957	Diet	Diet	NNP
958	965	session	session	NN
965	968	…	...	:
969	971	it	it	PRP
972	974	is	be	VBZ
975	984	important	important	JJ
985	987	to	to	TO
988	997	establish	establish	VB
998	999	a	a	DT
1000	1006	common	common	JJ
1007	1011	rule	rule	NN
1012	1014	in	in	IN
1015	1021	future	future	NN
1022	1024	in	in	IN
1025	1030	which	which	WDT
1031	1034	all	all	DT
1035	1044	countries	country	NNS
1045	1054	including	include	VBG
1055	1058	the	the	DT
1059	1065	United	United	NNP
1066	1072	States	State	NNPS
1073	1076	and	and	CC
1077	1087	developing	develop	VBG
1088	1097	countries	country	NNS
1098	1109	participate	participate	VBP
1109	1110	,	,	,
1110	1111	”	''	''
1112	1115	the	the	DT
1116	1125	statement	statement	NN
1126	1130	said	say	VBD
1130	1131	.	.	.

1138	1142	Bush	Bush	NNP
1143	1146	may	may	MD
1147	1152	raise	raise	VB
1153	1156	the	the	DT
1157	1167	greenhouse	greenhouse	NN
1168	1171	gas	gas	NN
1172	1178	matter	matter	NN
1179	1183	when	when	WRB
1184	1186	he	he	PRP
1187	1193	visits	visit	VBZ
1194	1199	Japan	Japan	NNP
1200	1203	for	for	IN
1204	1205	a	a	DT
1206	1215	three-day	three-day	JJ
1216	1220	stay	stay	NN
1221	1229	starting	start	VBG
1230	1236	Sunday	Sunday	NNP
1236	1237	,	,	,
1238	1246	although	although	IN
1247	1252	Japan	Japan	NNP
1252	1254	’s	's	POS
1255	1263	weakened	weakened	JJ
1264	1271	economy	economy	NN
1272	1274	is	be	VBZ
1275	1283	expected	expect	VBN
1284	1286	to	to	TO
1287	1289	be	be	VB
1290	1293	the	the	DT
1294	1299	focus	focus	NN
1300	1302	of	of	IN
1303	1308	talks	talk	NNS
1308	1309	.	.	.

1316	1320	Bush	Bush	NNP
1320	1322	’s	's	POS
1323	1327	plan	plan	NN
1327	1328	,	,	,
1329	1334	which	which	WDT
1335	1337	he	he	PRP
1338	1346	revealed	reveal	VBD
1347	1349	in	in	IN
1350	1351	a	a	DT
1352	1358	speech	speech	NN
1359	1367	Thursday	Thursday	NNP
1368	1373	night	night	NN
1373	1374	,	,	,
1375	1380	would	would	MD
1381	1385	slow	slow	VB
1386	1395	emissions	emission	NNS
1396	1402	growth	growth	NN
1403	1405	by	by	IN
1406	1414	reducing	reduce	VBG
1415	1416	“	``	``
1416	1426	greenhouse	greenhouse	NN
1427	1430	gas	gas	NN
1431	1440	intensity	intensity	NN
1440	1441	”	''	''
1442	1444	–	--	:
1445	1448	the	the	DT
1449	1454	ratio	ratio	NN
1455	1457	of	of	IN
1458	1467	emissions	emission	NNS
1468	1470	to	to	TO
1471	1479	economic	economic	JJ
1480	1486	output	output	NN
1487	1489	–	--	:
1490	1492	by	by	IN
1493	1494	a	a	DT
1495	1501	target	target	NN
1502	1504	of	of	IN
1505	1507	18	18	CD
1508	1515	percent	percent	NN
1516	1520	over	over	IN
1521	1523	10	10	CD
1524	1529	years	year	NNS
1529	1530	.	.	.

1537	1540	The	the	DT
1541	1546	Kyoto	Kyoto	NNP
1547	1551	pact	pact	NN
1551	1552	,	,	,
1553	1558	which	which	WDT
1559	1563	Bush	Bush	NNP
1564	1572	Thursday	Thursday	NNP
1573	1579	called	call	VBD
1580	1581	“	``	``
1581	1583	an	an	DT
1584	1591	unsound	unsound	JJ
1592	1605	international	international	JJ
1606	1612	treaty	treaty	NN
1612	1613	”	''	''
1613	1614	,	,	,
1615	1622	commits	commit	VBZ
1623	1632	countries	country	NNS
1633	1635	to	to	TO
1636	1639	cut	cut	VB
1640	1645	their	their	PRP$
1646	1655	emissions	emission	NNS
1656	1658	of	of	IN
1659	1669	greenhouse	greenhouse	NN
1670	1675	gases	gas	NNS
1676	1678	to	to	TO
1679	1684	below	below	IN
1685	1689	1990	1990	CD
1690	1696	levels	level	NNS
1697	1699	by	by	IN
1700	1701	a	a	DT
1702	1711	timetable	timetable	NN
1712	1714	of	of	IN
1715	1724	2008-2012	2008-2012	CD
1724	1725	.	.	.