Tokyo ? A key policymaking body will propose that the government begin studying the early introduction of a daylight saving system as part of measures to combat global warming, it has been learned.

The Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy, chaired by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, will unveil a set of basic policies in mid-June.

According to a draft for the policies, the panel will place top priority on environmental problems, including the system to advance the clock by one hour, for instance, in summer.

This will be the first time the panel will propose the introduction of the daylight saving system in its basic policies.

Environmentally, the panel will “ensure achievement of greenhouse gas reduction targets in the Kyoto Protocol” and “show leadership in creating an international framework after 2013” to combat global warming.