Expectations for Carbon Pricing in Japan in the Global Climate Policy Context -- Climate policy in the commercial … sector: A survey of commercial buildings in Japan -- Climate Policy in Household Sector -- Climate Policy in Transportation …This open access book evaluates, from an economic perspective, various measures introduced in Japan to prevent climate …

measures as an important priority for policy-makers and every responsible global citizen.Japan has been a leading country in … the area of energy efficiency. Since the 1970s when the oil crisis hit, Japan, which depends almost wholly on imported …. As a result, Japan has achieved the lowest primary energy consumption per GDP in the world. Asian countries should learn …

Research and the Japan Center for Economic Research, presents a selection of thirteen high-caliber papers addressing issues in … the employment practices, labor markets, and health, benefit, and pension policies of the United States and Japan. After … issues. Focusing less on international comparison than on the assembly of high-quality research, contributors hone in on a …

As Japan's decade-long economic stagnation continues, there has been much analysis of the immediate macroeconomic … problems that confront the Japanese economy. This book looks past the short-run challenges to the future of Japan and … concrete suggestions for improvement. The resulting volume is a timely and important examination of critical issues for Japan …