Slumping Japanese Consumption
peakenergy.blogspot.com 3/3/2009 — The NYT has an interesting article on the impact of Japan's "lost decade" (or two) on consumerism in Japan - When Consumers Cut Back: An Object Lesson From Japan . As recession-wary Americans adapt to a new frugality, Japan offers a peek at how thrift ...

Japan Plans to Make Solar Energy Cheap
watthead.blogspot.com 7/23/2009 — By Devon Swezey, originally posted at the Breakthrough Institute Motivated in part by its loss of dominance in the solar energy industry, Japan has recently announced a new national project for the widespread deployment of solar PV technologies in order to drive the price of solar energy ...

Japan’s emissions target: far too little, far too late
panda.org 6/10/2009 — Prime Minister Taro Aso has been delaying the announcement of his country’s midterm target, confusing and holding up other countries which are trying to set an overall goal for greenhouse gas emissions of industrialized states. What he offers now ...

Japan Plans to Make Solar Energy Cheap
theenergycollective.com 7/23/2009 — By Devon Swezey, originally posted at the Breakthrough Institute Motivated in part by its loss of dominance in the solar energy industry, Japan has recently announced a new national project for the widespread deployment of solar PV technologies in order to drive the price of solar energy ...

Abnormally warm winter in Japan
theenergycollective.com 3/16/2009 — ©Mainichi Shinbun Japan had the abnormally warm winter this year possibly because of global warming. According to Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), average temperatures in Japan were higher in this winter (December to February) than other years and the eastern part of Japan recorded ...

Japan Geothermal Projects Pick Up After 20 Years: Report
planetark.org 1/5/2009 — Reuters: Several Japanese firms will kick off new projects to build geothermal power plans this year for the first time in nearly two decades, the Nikkei business daily reported on Saturday. Mitsubishi Materials Corp, Electric Power Development Co, or ...

Looming Election Could Strengthen Japan's Climate Policy
nytimes.com 8/28/2009 — ClimateWire: Japan's landmark elections next week could have sweeping implications for the country's climate change policies. The Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), projected to win by a landslide, has pledged to slash Japan's greenhouse gas emissions ...

Japan Moving Forward With Trial Carbon Trading Market
environmentalleader.com 3/26/2009 — Japan’s trial carbon-trading market is advancing, with 202 participants so far, according to Reuters. Still, the program faces hurdles. A government survey of applicants showed that just 20 percent of the respondents said they would engage in ...

Japan Plans to Make Solar Energy Cheap
thebreakthrough.org 7/27/2009 — Motivated in part by its loss of dominance in the solar energy industry, Japan has recently announced a new national project for the widespread deployment of solar PV technologies in order to drive the price of solar energy toward that of ...

EU, Japan team up to fight climate change
google.com 5/5/2009 — Agence France-Presse: The European Union and Japan decided to join forces in the battle against climate change and invited large countries to follow suit at a summit meeting in Prague on Monday. "Japan and the EU are aiming at building a ...