Tokyo assembly OKs ban on diesel vehicles

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Governor Shintaro Ishihara comes out of the assembly hall after the metropolitan assembly unanimously approved a revised ordinance banning diesel-powered commercial vehicles from the streets of the metropolis unless they meet a limit on emissions of carcinogenic particles.

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