(1)Tokyo, vicinity crack down on violating diesel vehicles

(1)Tokyo, vicinity crack down on violating diesel vehicles

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo metropolitan government staff check for diesel-powered vehicles that fail to meet government standards on emissions of particulate matter in Tokyo's Suginami Ward on Oct. 1. The Tokyo, Saitama, Chiba and Kanagawa prefectural governments began implementing a ban on such vehicles the same day.

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