DPJ's Okada, eco activists

DPJ's Okada, eco activists

TOKYO, Japan - Katsuya Okada (back row, C), secretary general of the Democratic Party of Japan, and Mizuho Fukushima (back row, 2nd from R), chief of the Social Democratic Party, pose for photographers in a House of Representatives building in Tokyo on Sept. 10, 2009. Environmentalists in the group Make the Rule Campaign urged Okada and other DPJ lawmakers to follow up on a pledge to cut greenhouse gas emissions. (Kyodo)

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