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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.
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IIASA Connect
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News
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16 November 2023
Kazuhiko Takemoto elected as IIASA Council Chair
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31 May 2022
Kazu Takemoto awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasure
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18 November 2020
Tackling the growing challenge of urban air pollution
Events
Toranomon Hills Forum (Toranomon Hills Mori Tower 5F) Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 105-6390, Japan Online: Zoom
IIASA leadership at the International Symposium on Japan's contribution to the IPCC 7th assessment cycle
Focus
27 June 2024
Exploring climate solutions
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02 October 2023
Feasible futures
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Publications
Oshiro, K. & Fujimori, S. (2024). Mid-century net-zero emissions pathways for Japan: Potential roles of global mitigation scenarios in informing national decarbonization strategies. Energy and Climate Change 5 e100128. 10.1016/j.egycc.2024.100128. Yamaura, K., Xu, S., Sugiyama, Masahiro., & Ju, Y. (2024). Public perceptions on net zero energy houses in Japan. Sustainability Science 10.1007/s11625-024-01501-w. 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.