Japan greenhouse emissions fell 6.4% last yr -media

TOKYO, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Japanese greenhouse gas emissions fell 6.4 percent to 1.286 billion tonnes on CO2 equivalent in the year to March 2009 from a year earlier, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun said on Wednesday, quoting a survey by the environment ministry.

The figure is in line with expectations for a preliminary figure to be announced by the ministry at 2 p.m. (0500 GMT) on Wednesday for the global-warming gases in the first year of Japan's Kyoto Protocol obligations. [ID:nT179477]

For a graphic tracking Japan's greenhouse gas emissions since 1990: r.reuters.com/reg88f

A steep fall in greenhouse gas emissions from a record 1.374 billion tonnes in 2007/2008 was widely expected as government data showed last month that carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from burning fuel fell 6.7 percent to 1.14 billion tonnes in 2008/2009, marking the steepest fall on record as the economy shrank 3.2 percent. [ID:nT36255]

In Japan, the world's fifth biggest emitter, CO2 emissions from burning fuel account to about 90 percent of the total greenhouse gas emissions. (Reporting by Risa Maeda; Editing by Rodney Joyce)