| Available documents |   Monitoring- Air Quality Prospect for Metropolitan Areas
by OHNISHI Hirofumi, Research Coordinator for Road Affairs, Road Department and NAMIKAWA Yoshiharu, Head of the Road Environment Division, Environment Department - Port calls increase air pollution
The Yomiuri Shimbun, Tokyo: Ships anchoring at Tokyo Port emit about eight times more sulfur oxides a year than the total amount emitted by automobiles in six Tokyo wards along Tokyo Bay, the Tokyo metropolitan government's Bureau of Environment said Thursday. - Sustainable Urban Transport Experience: Japan
Yoshitsugu HAYASHI, Ph.D. University of Nagoya - Standards, methodologies and guidelines
- Tokyo's Clean Air Policy Found To Be Paying Off
From ENN.com June 28, 2005 — By The Yomiuri Shimbun TOKYO, JAPAN: Regulations governing diesel exhaust emissions have reduced air pollution in Tokyo significantly, according to a Tokyo metropolitan government survey.
- Modeling
- Sustainable Urban Transport Experience: Japan
Yoshitsugu HAYASHI, Ph.D. University of Nagoya
- Measuring impacts
- Sustainable Urban Transport Experience: Japan
Yoshitsugu HAYASHI, Ph.D. University of Nagoya - Economic impacts
- Environmental impacts
- Tokyo's Clean Air Policy Found To Be Paying Off
From ENN.com June 28, 2005 — By The Yomiuri Shimbun TOKYO, JAPAN: Regulations governing diesel exhaust emissions have reduced air pollution in Tokyo significantly, according to a Tokyo metropolitan government survey.
- Climate change
- Policies and instruments
- Automotive sector backs RP-Japan free trade talks yet calls for tariff protection
Felipe F. Salvosa II, BusinessWorld (19 Aug 2004) - CAI-Asia Holds Successful Dialogue with Japanese Organizations
Speeches and presentations available online - From Polluted Skies to Blue Skies: Kitakyushu City’s Experiences and their Application in Asian Cities - Tokuhara, Masaru
Masaru Tokuhara, Deputy Director, Atmospheric Environment Section, Institute of Environmental Sciences - Japanese Experiences of Urban Industrial Pollution Control Measures: Pollution Control Agreement and Administrative Guidance - Kaneko, Shinji
Shinji Kaneko, Associate Professor, Graduate School for International Development and Cooperation (IDEC), Hiroshima University - ROLE OF URBAN PLANNING IN AIR QUALITY CONTROL FOR THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION - LESSONS LEARNT FROM JAPAN AND THE U.S. - - Noriko Kono
Noriko Kono;
Researcher, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), Japan - Sustainable Urban Transport Experience: Japan
Yoshitsugu HAYASHI, Ph.D. University of Nagoya - Dialogues and consultation processes
- INDOOR AIR POLLUTION: CURRENT STATUS OF LAW AND STANDARDS RELATED TO “SICK BUILDING SYNDROME” IN JAPAN - Kobayashi, N., Upadhyay, Jeetendra K.
Jeetendra K. Upadhyay and N. Kobayashi
Wind Engineering Research Center, Tokyo Polytechnic University
- Action plans and commitments
- Government initiatives and regulations
- Mobile sources
- Development of Oxidation Catalysts for Automotive Exhaust Treatment
De La Salle University (DLSU) - Automotive Technology and Measures in Japan - Hirota, Keiko
- Automotive sector backs RP-Japan free trade talks yet calls for tariff protection
Felipe F. Salvosa II, BusinessWorld (19 Aug 2004) - Japanese Gov't to promote 'idling stop' drive campaign
by Masayoshi Minato, Kyodo News - Special Measures for Total Emission Reduction of Nitrogen Oxides from Automobiles in Specified Areas
- Sustainable Urban Transport Experience: Japan
Yoshitsugu HAYASHI, Ph.D. University of Nagoya - User Costs of a Passenger Vehicle. Evidence From a Sample of Large Cities - Hirota, Keiko
Keiko Hirota and KIyoyuki Minato, General Research and Development Division, Japan Automobile Research Institute, Japan - Emissions standards
- Cleaner vehicles
- Cleaner fuels and energy sources
- Alternative fuels and energy sources
- Biofuels
- Japan Seeks Better Way to Introduce Bio-Gasoline
Ikuko Kao, Reuters (20 Jul 2005) TOKYO, JAPAN - After a delayed attempt, Japan's government is seeking a better way to blend gasoline with environmentally friendly ethanol and put such fuel on the retail market in as early as 2008 to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
- Hydrogen and fuel cells
- Japan should share expertise
Tadayoshi Sakaguchi, Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer: The growing number of vehicles in use in Asia and the rapid industrialization of the region are posing serious environmental risks, highlighting the need for Japan and the nation's automakers to extend technical assistance to maintain clean air. - Kyoto Protocol Spurs Race to Develop Fuel Cells
Kyodo News International (10 March 2005)
- Conventional fuels
- Japan Clean Air Programme - Case Study (Oct 2003) - Walsh, Michael P.
Michael Walsh, International Consultant
- Sustainable transport
- Local Governance in Managing Urban Transport Pollution - the Case of Tokyo
Development Bank of Japan (DBJ) - Sustainable Urban Transport Experience: Japan
Yoshitsugu HAYASHI, Ph.D. University of Nagoya - Governance and sustainable transport in general
- White Paper on Traffic Safety in Japan 2004
by International Association of Traffic and Safety Sciences (IATSS), released in October 2004 (abridged, English version) - Sustainable transport policy
- Cars to include device to remind drivers to wear seat belts
Kyodo News, Japan Today (11 Mar 2005) - Japan Seeks Better Way to Introduce Bio-Gasoline
Ikuko Kao, Reuters (20 Jul 2005) TOKYO, JAPAN - After a delayed attempt, Japan's government is seeking a better way to blend gasoline with environmentally friendly ethanol and put such fuel on the retail market in as early as 2008 to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
- Non-motorized transport
- Sustainable Urban Transport Experience: Japan
Yoshitsugu HAYASHI, Ph.D. University of Nagoya
- Ferries
- Port calls increase air pollution
The Yomiuri Shimbun, Tokyo: Ships anchoring at Tokyo Port emit about eight times more sulfur oxides a year than the total amount emitted by automobiles in six Tokyo wards along Tokyo Bay, the Tokyo metropolitan government's Bureau of Environment said Thursday.
- Environment, health, and safety
- Social aspects
- Public participation
- Urban road safety
- Cars to include device to remind drivers to wear seat belts
Kyodo News, Japan Today (11 Mar 2005) - White Paper on Traffic Safety in Japan 2004
by International Association of Traffic and Safety Sciences (IATSS), released in October 2004 (abridged, English version)
- Stationary sources
- Indoor air pollution
- INDOOR AIR POLLUTION: CURRENT STATUS OF LAW AND STANDARDS RELATED TO “SICK BUILDING SYNDROME” IN JAPAN - Kobayashi, N., Upadhyay, Jeetendra K.
Jeetendra K. Upadhyay and N. Kobayashi
Wind Engineering Research Center, Tokyo Polytechnic University
- Area sources
- Education and awareness
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| Related News | | Japan Seeks Better Way to Introduce Bio-Gasoline | Jul 20, 2005 | Ikuko Kao, Reuters (20 Jul 2005) TOKYO, JAPAN - After a delayed attempt, Japan's government is seeking a better way to blend gasoline with environmentally friendly ethanol and put such fuel on the retail market in as early as 2008 to cut greenhouse gas emissions. |
| Tokyo's Clean Air Policy Found To Be Paying Off | Jun 28, 2005 | From ENN.com June 28, 2005 — By The Yomiuri Shimbun TOKYO, JAPAN: Regulations governing diesel exhaust emissions have reduced air pollution in Tokyo significantly, according to a Tokyo metropolitan government survey. |
| Port calls increase air pollution | May 13, 2005 | The Yomiuri Shimbun, Tokyo: Ships anchoring at Tokyo Port emit about eight times more sulfur oxides a year than the total amount emitted by automobiles in six Tokyo wards along Tokyo Bay, the Tokyo metropolitan government's Bureau of Environment said Thursday. |
| Japan should share expertise | May 12, 2005 | Tadayoshi Sakaguchi, Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer: The growing number of vehicles in use in Asia and the rapid industrialization of the region are posing serious environmental risks, highlighting the need for Japan and the nation's automakers to extend technical assistance to maintain clean air. |
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