17 - 18 February 2009, Nagoya, Japan

16 February 2009, Nagoya, Japan

Baby boomers are not the only ones retiring en masse. The time has come up for many of the buses that run on regular routes in the Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka areas. By Atsushi Hiroshima, The Asahi Shimbun

Potential air pollution wafted from China to Japan around the time of the Beijing Olympics is the subject of a new study by a Valparaiso University professor.

There’s no use crying over spilled milk in Japan. Not when it can be converted into biogas. By Bryn Nelson, Columnist, MSNBC

Japan plans to focus on its efforts to improve 21 technologies to help the world halve greenhouse gases by 2050, a trade ministry official said on Wednesday.

The number of light motor vehicles used in Japan began to rise from the mid-1960s, followed by an increase in their accidents.

The table provides the current and new vehicle emissions standards for gasoline and LPG vehicles, diesel vehicles, and motorcycles.

By Kensuke Kanekiyo, Managing Director, The Institute of Energy Economics, Japan

PDF compiled by the Japan Automobile Manufacturer's Association (JAMA)