Akihiko Furuya, Japan’s ambassador for global environment, talks about the value of the informal nature of the Bonn talks and what Japan would like to see developing countries agree to in the process, including the need for them to take on some kind of obligation. Also see Akihiko Furuya speaking from Bonn in June 2009, Bangkok in 2009, and Poznan in 2008. And Yoshiko Kijima, Senior Negotiator, Japan’s Foreign Affairs Ministry, speaking from Copenhagen