Some were launched specifically to address environmental concerns, while others turned greener as the environmental crisis deepened. The article attempts to classify them and set them in the context of wider institutional and regulatory developments. It concludes by examining the future prospects of the...
The paper discusses how corporate social responsibility in Japan has grown from environmental concerns to encompass broader social responsibilities. Special consideration is given to how CSR has emerged, been accepted and imple- mented in large corporations in today's Japan. Based on the example of ...
As GM oilseed production increases abroad, the probability of escape of GM oilseed rape in Japan will increase, raising environmental biosafety concerns related to the impact of feral rapeseed on heirloom brassicaceous crops. In this paper, we review the history of rapeseed introduction in Japan ...
The Japan RoHS Law, concerns itself with the reduction, reuse and recyclability of a broad range of Product, including electrical and electronic. A Scope of Products has emerged that the Law is concerned with. Vicor does not currently produce any products which would be included in the scope ...
At the 13th G20 summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina last year, all parties reached consensus on tackling climate change which will continue to be a major issue at the Osaka summit. However, Japan, as the host of the summit, has raised concerns by taking into account the U.S. position on...
Japan’s primary security concerns. As to the diplomatic means for sustaining economic prosperity, postwar political arrangements continue to set its parameters. The no-war clause of the Constitution has prohibited Japan from taking any militarily aggressive foreign policy; it has abided by the ...
To improve the understanding of environmental concern, considering the context within which individuals develop environmental concerns may be important. One salient contextual variable related to local environmental issues is place attachment, which deals with human bonding to a specific physical environment....
, the way it operates, and the challenges ahead, which include the need for environmental NGOs to improve their technical capacity, to strengthen further the collaboration between different organizations, and to strike a balance between maintaining domestic support and meeting international concerns. ...
This research project conducts a survey study on citizens’ views and priorities over SDGs and indicators in several countries including Japan, US, Thailand and Indonesia. The purpose of this study is to understand the issues and the area of citizens’ concerns and priorities over SDG indicators ...
Although the environment is just the kind of global dilemma the UN is perfectly positioned to address, there is actually a startling array of environmental concerns in which enhanced participation and cooperation by Japan could really make a difference. Therefore, as Japan has the goal of attaining...