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TOKYO, APRIL 12. Three years of renovation have transformed the Japanese Prime Minister's residence from a crumbling, vermin-invested pile into a state-of-the-art ecological home, it was revealed on Monday. Junichiro Koizumi finally had somewhere to call home when his refurbished four-storey official residence was unveiled before members of the Cabinet and former Prime Ministers. The building, built in 1929, is being touted as proof of Japan's commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions.It cost 8.6 billion yen to renovate and is the first home in Japan to be powered partly by clean-energy fuel cells, according to officials. The roof of the 7,000 sq metre residence is covered with solar panels which should provide Mr Koizumi enough electricity to see him through his collection of Elvis Presley CDs. The house's two fuel cells, which convert hydrogen and oxygen into electricity, are one possible answer to global warming. — © Guardian Newspapers Limited 2004
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