Current Japanese General Energy Statistics quantifies energy and carbon balance of oil refinery sector solely by input such as crude oil and output such as gasoline, and regards the discrepancy as a statistical error and does not count energy consumption or energy origin carbon dioxide emission...

The "General Energy Statistics of Japan" is typical assembled statistics issued by the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy under the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and used as a basic statistics for Energy and Environment policy making area. The current version of the statistics is...

The Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Station Accident in March 2011 caused radioactive pollution problems of neighborhood area and also caused steep decrease of tourist number who visit and stay hotels, restaurants, sightseeing attractions and so on in the neighborhood area. The decrease continued...

Here the author quantified Japanese standard Gross Calorific Value and Carbon Emission Factor for various fossil fuels used in Japan upon the request of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and the Ministry of the Environment under the cooperation of relevant industrial organizations by...

Energy Consumption Statistics of Japan that started in 2005 by Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Agency of Natural Resources and Energy is a large scale general official statistics in Japan in order to identify energy consumption by industrial classification and region. But the author...

The Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Reactor Accident in March 2011 caused radioactive pollution problems of various agricultural, forestry and fishery products in nearby Prefectures and government of Japan took production and shipment stoppage order for these products immediately. More than two...

With respect to the management of local public corporations, there are many problems, including a generally lower business efficiency compared with private companies and the constant dependence on subsidies from local governments. Meanwhile, local governments are implementing various measures to...

Among present Japanese Greenhouse Gas Emission quantification methodologies, the methodology for Limestone and Dolomite origin carbon dioxide quantification is pointed out that there may be some duplication, oversight and over estimation due to the methodology mixes both industrial and...

In the 1990s, a series of changes were made to policies and regulations governing electricity and town gas supply industries in Japan. To evaluate how such regulatory changes, channeled through the behavior of power/gas companies, have affected the economic welfare of the electricity and town...

The reform of electric industry regulations implemented in fiscal 2000 partially liberalized the power retail market, allowing power suppliers to sell electricity to certain large-lot users beyond their conventional service areas. To this day, however, hardly any systematic analysis has been...