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Almost one month has passed after Yukio Hatoyama, the leader of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), was appointed as Prime Minister of Japan in September 16. According to a public opinion poll carried out by Yomiuri Shinbun in September 17, 75 percent of its respondents supported the ‘Hatoyama’ cabinet, the second highest figure after Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi’s cabinet, since Yomiuri started carrying out its popularity surveys in 1978.  Further, surprisingly, the ... Read More...]]> http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/opinion-has-new-prime-minister-yukio-hatoyama-changed-japans-climate-change-policy-dramatically/feed/ 0 http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/can-a-new-government-led-by-the-democratic-party-of-japan-reduce-ghg-emissions-much-more-for-the-greener-future/ http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/can-a-new-government-led-by-the-democratic-party-of-japan-reduce-ghg-emissions-much-more-for-the-greener-future/#comments Mon, 31 Aug 2009 18:29:28 +0000 Takashi Sagara http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/?p=3762

(c)yomiuri online

The Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) won 308 of the 480 seats though the ruling bloc of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and New Komeito got only 140 seats in the Lower House election on Sunday. This is a landslide victory for DPJ, as DPJ had only 115 seats while the ruling bloc had 331 seats before the election. It can be called ‘revolution’ because LDP was out of power for only 11 months ... Read More...]]> http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/can-a-new-government-led-by-the-democratic-party-of-japan-reduce-ghg-emissions-much-more-for-the-greener-future/feed/ 1 http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/jisf-criticizes-a-dpjs-proposal-for-global-warming-is-unrealistic/ http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/jisf-criticizes-a-dpjs-proposal-for-global-warming-is-unrealistic/#comments Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:33:22 +0000 Takashi Sagara http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/?p=3670

On 22 July, Shoji Muneoka, the chairman of the Japan Iron and Steal Foundation (JISF), at its regular press conference criticized the largest opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) because its mid-term target of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reductions by 2020 is not realistic.

Compared to the current government led by the coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and New Komeito, DPJ proposes a surprisingly ambitious proposal for global warming. Indeed, while the Government’s mid-term ... Read More...]]> http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/jisf-criticizes-a-dpjs-proposal-for-global-warming-is-unrealistic/feed/ 2 http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/the-japanese-mid-term-target/ http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/the-japanese-mid-term-target/#comments Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:13:05 +0000 Takashi Sagara http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/?p=3360

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On 10 June, Taro Aso, Prime Minister of Japan, pledged that Japan would cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 15 percent below the 2005 levels by 2020 (8 percent below the 1990 levels). He expected that, achieving this mid-term target would lead to greenhouse gas emissions reductions approximately by 25 percent by 2030 and then by 70 percent by 2050.

Japan had six plans for the mid-term target, ranging from 4 percent reductions below the 2005 ... Read More...]]> http://www.climaticoanalysis.org/post/the-japanese-mid-term-target/feed/ 2