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Japan
As one of the IIASA founding organizations, the Japan Committee for IIASA has helped develop a highly-productive relationship between IIASA and Japan. The Japanese Ministry of the Environment funds IIASA’s annual membership fee and NMO activities.
Main areas of collaborations:
Simultaneously reducing air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions in Japan and Asia
Projecting demographic change in Japan
Advancing energy and integrated assessment modeling in Japan
Improving our understanding of the carbon cycle and the roles played by forests and agricultural lands
Reducing disaster risk in Japan
Growth, innovation, and technology research
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News
31 May 2022
Kazu Takemoto awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasure
We are proud to announce that Dr. Kazu Takemoto, Vice-Chair of the IIASA Council and Council member for Japan, has been awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold and Silver Star, by His Majesty the Emperor of Japan for distinguished service to the nation and for long years of public service.
18 November 2020
Tackling the growing challenge of urban air pollution
How can fast growing cities keep air pollution in check? A recent World Bank report highlighting IIASA research explores this tricky question, looking at the kinds of policies and actions cities have taken to tackle poor local air quality, thus providing lessons for other cities.
Focus
29 November 2021
Using energy demand reduction for decarbonization in Japan
Options Winter 2021: In an attempt to reduce its carbon footprint, Japan has put ambitious strategies in place to reduce energy demand. IIASA researcher Shinichiro Fujimori and his colleagues used modeling to explore potential energy system changes and their cost implications.
21 October 2021
United scenarios
Policy Brief #31, October 2021. A harmonized scenario framework can help to align national climate policies with global goals.
10 March 2020
Explaining the COVID-19 outbreak and mitigation measures
Raya Muttarak writes about what we have learnt about the COVID-19 outbreak so far, and how collective mitigation measures could influence the spread of the disease.
Publications
Yokomatsu, M., Park, H., Kotani, H., & Ito, H. (2021). Designing the building space of a shopping street to use as a disaster evacuation shelter during the COVID-19 pandemic: A case study in Kobe, Japan. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 67 e102680. 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2021.102680.
Hayashi, K., Shibata, H., Oita, A., Nishina, K., Ito, A., Katagiri, K., Shindo, J., & Winiwarter, W. (2021). Nitrogen budgets in Japan from 2000 to 2015: Decreasing trend of nitrogen loss to the environment and the challenge to further reduce nitrogen waste. Environmental Pollution 286 e117559. 10.1016/j.envpol.2021.117559.
Oshiro, K., Fujimori, S. , Ochi, Y., & Ehara, Tomoki (2021). Enabling energy system transition toward decarbonization in Japan through energy service demand reduction. Energy 227 e120464. 10.1016/j.energy.2021.120464.
Oshiro, K. & Fujimori, S. (2021). Stranded investment associated with rapid energy system changes under the mid-century strategy in Japan. Sustainability Science 16 477-487. 10.1007/s11625-020-00862-2.
Sugiyama, M., Fujimori, S. , Wada, K., Oshiro, K., Kato, E., Komiyama, R., Silva Herran, D., Matsuo, Y., Shiraki, H., & Ju, Y. (2021). EMF 35 JMIP study for Japan’s long-term climate and energy policy: scenario designs and key findings. Sustainability Science 10.1007/s11625-021-00913-2.
Kamei, M, Mastrucci, A. , & van Ruijven, B. (2021). A Future Outlook of Narratives for the Built Environment in Japan. Sustainability 13 (4) e1653. 10.3390/su13041653.