Development of Environmental Policy in Japan and Asian Countries

YOSHIFUMI FUJII Faculty of International Studies, Bunkyo University, Japan RYO FUJIKURA Faculty of Humanity and Environment, Hosei University, Japan NOBUHIRO HORII Researcher, Institute of Developing Economies, Japanese External Trade Organization, Japan YASUSHI ITO Faculty of Commerce and Economics, Chiba University of Commerce, Japan MICHIKAZU KOJIMA Researcher, Institute of Developing Economies, Japanese External Trade Organization, Japan KENJI OTSUKA Researcher, Institute of Developing Economies, Japanese External Trade Organization, Japan HIDEAKI SHIROYAMA Graduate School of Law and Politics, The University of Tokyo, Japan TADAYOSHI TETRAO Institute of Developing Economies, Japanese External Trade Organization, Japan YUKO TSUJITA Institute of Developing Economies, Japanese External Trade Organization, Japan

By examining the issues of environmental policy formation and implementation linked to economic development, and reviewing the Japanese experiences and the examples of other Asian countries, this book reveals factors of dynamism between environmental policy and social change in a domestic, regional and global context.By examining the issues of environmental policy formation and implementation linked to economic development, and reviewing the Japanese experiences and the examples of other Asian countries, this book reveals factors of dynamism between environmental policy and social change in a domestic, regional and global context.