일본 환경산업 정책의 전개와 변화: 제도적 관점의 접근

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Purpose: The purpose of the study is to analyze the change of the policy for environmental industry in Japan and to derive the implications. Composition/Logic: We analyze how the environmental industry has been integrated with the economic growth strategy. The analysis focuses on the period after 2009, when the Green New Deal policy in America had influenced on Japan's economic growth strategy. Findings: In 1990s, Japan had revised the policies to solve the problems arised in environment which was considered as public asset, and to support the growth of the environmental industry. Together with revision of relevant policies, consumers’ increasing awareness for environmental concern had accelerated the growth of environmental industry. While the waste industry to prevent pollutions and build a recycling society had lied on the core of the growth in the earlier stage, the major trend now moves onto renewable energy industry after 3.11 earthquake disaster. This trend can be considered as the two aspects of competitiveness in environmental industry, which are the increasing job opportunities by the growth of the environmental industry and the realization of the Kyoto Protocol. Originality/Value: Influenced by the Green New Dean policy of US, Japan had designated the environmental industry as motivating industry for the sustainable growth, focusing on the renewable energy industry. Since major advanced countries are also actively investing onto relevant technological development, fierce competition on the renewable energy industry market is expected. Therefore, how to recognize the current situation and reflecting such considerations into relevant policies is regareded as the critical success factor.

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