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2.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> | |||
Japan has always adopted a highly interventionist strategy to shape its energy supply and demand in line with public policy goals. | |||
-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> | |||