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Japanese Passenger Car Electrification Rate is the Highest in the World
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Japanese Passenger Car Electrification Rate is the Highest in the World

Japan is the world’s third largest automobile manufacturer and home to well-known car brands such as Toyota, Nissan, Honda, Suzuki, Daihatsu, etc. which supply a material portion of the global market share. Not only a prominent exporter of vehicles, Japan also has a huge domestic market with approximately 61.87 million passenger cars on the road...

Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Poses a Challenge to Japan’s Energy Security
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Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Poses a Challenge to Japan’s Energy Security

Due to the scarcity of domestic natural resources, the Japanese energy sector is almost completely dependent on imports, making it vulnerable to even minor changes in the global energy market. Roughly half of the Japanese crude oil imports come from Russia’s Sakhalin-1 and Sakhalin-2 projects, and almost all its LNG import from Russia is supplied...

Japan: Climate Progress Indicators
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Japan: Climate Progress Indicators

Almost no change in the number of coal-fired power plants; upward trend in share of renewable energy in the overall energy mix, especially solar power; an increase in the use of nuclear power.   Operational coal-fired power plants In Post 49 published on April 12, 2022, the baseline for the number of coal-fired power plants...

Japan: Climate Progress Report
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Japan: Climate Progress Report

Indicator 1: Number of Operational Coal-fired Power Plants (Monthly) This performance indicator is a baseline indicator simply tracking the number of coal-fired power plants currently in operation in Japan. To reveal progress, the net increase and decrease of the total number of coal-fired power plants will also be given.Name: Number of operational coal-fired power plants...

Climate Justice in Japan
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Climate Justice in Japan

HIGHLIGHTS Climate Justice Is Not a Major Issue in Japan The Sea of Japan side and Okinawa are Two Regions in Japan That Are Most Vulnerable to Climate Change   NARRATIVE While the concept of Climate Justice is recent globally, in Japan it would appear almost non-existent and is nascent at best, and perhaps it...

Japan: The 2021 Climate Year in Review
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Japan: The 2021 Climate Year in Review

HIGHLIGHTS Japan announced new energy plans including an increasing renewables to account for 36-38% of the power supply Government commits to being carbon neutral by 2050 Ministry of Economy to launch an experimental carbon market in 2022-2023 Government and private sector launch new instruments to stimulate green investments and practices in financial markets Business community...

Climate Mitigation Strategic Priorities for Japan
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Climate Mitigation Strategic Priorities for Japan

PRIORITIES The rapid phasing out of coal-powered energy plants The phasing out of coal needs to be executed with clear and feasible non-nuclear, renewable energy expansion and emissions reductions Integrate renewables into the power grid more aggressively beyond the government’s current targets for 2030 of 36-38% to +40% Enable the existing grid to incorporate instantaneous...

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