regard, development in Russia, which holds great resource potential, is crucial. For Japan, Russia has an important presence … in the field of energy issues. The primary reason is that Japan is dependent on imported energy from the global energy … and gas potential in areas such as Sakhalin and East Siberia which are geographically close to Japan, and their …

(FY 2005) (Figure 1). These results suggest that Japan could set a CO2 emission reduction target for 2050 at between 30 …% and 60%. In order to reduce CO2 emissions by 60% in 2050 from the present level, Japan will have to strongly promote …). In order to realize this massive CO2 abatement, however, Japan will have to overcome technological and economic …

countries engaging in very deep discussion and consideration over their supply security. Japan, which is also an energy … considering its own security policy. As Europe has done, Japan should also accelerate efforts toward ensuring future energy …

electricity to power electric vehicles; and hybrids that involve combinations of engines or fuel cells with electrical storage …

, to promote trading of products with an emphasis on Japan's advantages, and thereby to reinforce its international ….e. countries where oil price is determined based on the free market mechanism, such as Japan, South Korea, etc; and countries where …

LNG importing country after Japan. It has recently experienced a tight supply and demand of natural gas due to both …-term contracts caused by domestic gas industry restructuring, and rapidly increasing global LNG demand. Meanwhile, both Japan and …