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1. | 1. The GHG emission reduction target set by Japn in Kyoto Protocol was -6%, however, in 2009 Japan increased +8% of GHG emission.<br><br> | ||
2. | 2.Janpan have to a 25 percent cut in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from 1990 levels by 2020. In doing so, Japan placed herself negotiating position ahead of the 15th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP15). The conference opened in Copenhagen on December 7, 2009. <br><br> | ||
3.The Japanese public supports implementing measures to curb climate change, and therefore each policy party in Japan will set a higher emission reduction goal than U.S.. However, the political environment in Japan is not stable, and therefore the situation results in such easy circumstances: talk is cheap when the DPJ may not have to pay any electoral costs for failing to meet its promise, for example. Japan is therefore likely to remain a global frontrunner on climate change policy regardless of the outcome at Copenhagen.(It is an area in which the government can claim to be helping stimulate firm innovation, economic growth and therefore employment. )<br><br> | |||
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Japan has always adopted a highly interventionist strategy to shape its energy supply and demand in line with public policy goals. | Japan has always adopted a highly interventionist strategy to shape its energy supply and demand in line with public policy goals. | ||
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-Climate change offers an alternative strategy for Japan to play a leading role in international relations, which is valuable given constitutional constraints on the use of military force.<BR> | -Climate change offers an alternative strategy for Japan to play a leading role in international relations, which is valuable given constitutional constraints on the use of military force.<BR> | ||
6. Main industry are motor vehicles, industrial and transportation equipment, electronics, chemicals, steel, machine tools, processed foods, nonferrous metals. The GHG emission is the 5th largest country since 2007.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_carbon_dioxide_emissions]<br> | |||