WORLD IN BRIEF : JAPAN : Mexico to Get Help Fighting Pollution
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu told visiting Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari that Japan will provide $786 million to help fight air pollution in Mexico City, according to Foreign Ministry officials. They said the money will be used to remove sulfur from heavy crude oil and diesel oils, upgrade locomotives and promote the use of unleaded gasoline.
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