Big plastic user Japan fights waste ahead of G-20 summit

  TOKYO - Japan has a plastic problem.   In a country where cleanliness and neat packaging have long been considered good service, almost everything, from single bananas to individual pieces of vegetables, pastries, pens and cosmetics is sold plastic-wrapped.     But as world leaders descend on Osaka for the two-day G-20 summit that starts Friday, Japan will attempt to become a leader in environmental policy at the same time it plays catch-up with countries that already have well-defined goals in place.   In the months leading up to the G-20 summit, Japanese officials have delivered full-throated endorsements of future bans on single-u...

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