Dr.

Naoko MATSUMOTO

Voluntary approaches to industry-wide pollution prevention programs have been implemented by many industrialised countries, as a part of policy trend away from a ‘command and control’ policy approach. The Japanese government established in 2004 a scheme based on a mix of regulatory and voluntary approaches to reduce emissions of volatile organic...

This commentary examines the reasons why Japan could not achieve the introduction target and discusses the prospect of the biofuel introduction in Japan.

The problem of transboundary air pollution has become increasingly evident in East Asia in recent years and there is a pressing need to build an effective framework for international cooperation on the atmospheric environment. However, there are gaps among countries with regard to their views on transboundary air pollution and their stances on...

There is a pressing need to build an effective framework for international cooperation on the atmospheric environment in order to solve the problem of transboundary air pollution, which has become apparent in recent years in East Asia. However, there are gaps among countries with regard to their opinions on transboundary air pollution and their...

This research analysed the commonalities and differences in the perceptions of stakeholders on transboundary air pollution, examined the modality of international frameworks for air quality management in East Asia, and identified barriers and challenges for development of such frameworks, based on the results of the semi-structures interviews with...