copyright: Fukui Shinbun 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 [...]

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 [...]

©Sankei 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 [...]

©WWF, Japan As explained in a previous article, the Japanese Government has been examining its mid-term goal of greenhouse gas (GHG) reductions (2020) and is going to announce it in June. On 12 February, the committee on the mid-term goal, which has been established under the conference on global warming of the Government and has [...]

On 12 February, the committee on the mid-term goal (Chuki mokuhyo kento iinkai; Chairman: Toshihiko Fukui, former Governor of the Bank of Japan), which has been established under the conference on global warming of the Government (Chikyu ondanka mondai ni kansuru kondankai; Chairman: Hiroshi Okuda, Corporate advisor of Toyota) and has examined the mid-term goal [...]