Asahi: Bill eyed to bring in `summer time'
A multiparty group of 126 lawmakers with a severe case of the summertime blues plans to introduce a bill to take advantage of longer daylight hours by moving the clock an hour ahead between April and October. Japan tried it once before, just after World War II, but abandoned the switch to daylight-saving time in summer after about four years. The proposed legislation, to be introduced as early as April, would usher in daylight-saving time in Japan for the first time in more than half a century...In 1995 and again in 1999, Upper House members tried to present a similar bill, but opposition from other lawmakers and a lack of support from business and labor circles killed such moves. Opponents say the system doesn't suit Japan's hot, steamy summer weather.
