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Prospects for nuclear energy in the 21st century: The East-Asian perspective

Nagano, Koji - In: International Journal of Global Energy Issues 30 (2008) 1/2/3/4, pp. 289-308

Although closely resembling each other geographically and socio-politically, Japan and Korea differ sharply in both technological and political terms with regard to the development of nuclear power. This paper aims to illustrate Japan and Korea's commonalities and differences and thereby to...

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Review of energy and climate policy developments in Japan before and after Fukushima

Kuramochi, Takeshi - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 43 (2015) C, pp. 1320-1332

In 2009, Japan pledged to reduce its GHG emissions by 25% from 1990 levels by 2020 (“Copenhagen Pledge”). The achievement of the target depended largely on a large expansion of nuclear power. However, this ambitious plan became unfeasible after the Fukushima nuclear disaster of March 2011....

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Dysfunction of the regulation of nuclear power in Japan - legal analysis of the Fukushima Disaster and 2012 Reform

Yokoyama, Jotaro - In: International Journal of Public Policy 9 (2013) 4/5/6, pp. 245-259

This paper will present a detailed analysis of 1) the former dysfunctional regulation and public scrutiny of nuclear power in Japan that led to the disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant; 2) insufficiency of the 2012 regulatory reform and the Environmental Impact Assessment Law as...

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Adjustment and economic performance in industrialised countries: a synthesis.

G, Renshaw - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1984

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Ownership Structure, Investment Behavior and Firm Performance in Japanese Manufacturing Industries

Gedajlovic, E.R.; Yoshikawa, T.; Hashimoto, M. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM … - 2001

extent to which a firm's investment behavior and financial performance is influenced by its ownership structure. To do so, we …

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Ownership Structure, Investment Behavior and Firm Performance in Japanese Manufacturing Industries

Gedajlovic, E.R.; Yoshikawa, T.; Hashimoto, M. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2001

extent to which a firm's investment behavior and financial performance is influenced by its ownership structure. To do so, we …

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The cost of capital in Japan: a survey

Frankel, Jeffrey A. - Center for Pacific Basin Monetary and Economic Studies, … - 1991

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Comparing the cost of capital in the United States and Japan: a survey of methods

Poterba, James M. - In: Quarterly Review (1990) Win, pp. 20-32

Recent years have seen the emergence of a sizable literature comparing the cost of capital in the United States and … capital disparities. …

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Rethinking the relationship of accounting to labour and capital

Jinnai, Yoshiaki - In: International Journal of Economics and Accounting 2 (2011) 4, pp. 373-386

accounting as the 'self-consciousness of capital'. These interpretations of accounting were presented by T. Miyosawa and A … types of Japanese critical accounting theories: the 'capital movement approach' and the 'socio-political superstructure … approach'. These interpretations are mainly based on the theory of labour and capital by K. Marx who regards the capitalist …

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Technological progress and endogenous capital depreciation: evidence from the U.S. and Japan

Dekle, Robert - Federal Reserve Board (Board of Governors of the … - 1994

Japanese government planners use the average age of the manufacturing capital stock as one measure of their country …'s international "competitiveness." Compared to the U.S., the data show that Japanese depreciation rates are higher and that capital … performance. A high depreciation rate lowers the net capital stock, and decreases the level of output. ; In this paper, we argue …

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