Toward a Sustainable Japanese Economy　Beyond the Triple Failures of Market, Government and Institutions

This book includes an analysis of Japan's challenges in moving toward an environmentally sustainable society."Part I: Postwar Japan Pollution and the Fukushima Nuclear Accident" focuses on the history of Japanese pollution after World War II and the situation of the Fukushima nuclear accident. "Part II: Toward Sustainable Development of Natural Resource-based Economies" focuses on the agricultural sector. It introduces the current status of environment-friendly production.There is very little information in English that comprehensively introduces the situation in Japan in this field, and the content meets the needs of readers seeking information.【目次】IntroductionPart I: Postwar Japan Pollution and the Fukushima Nuclear AccidentChapter 1:History and Lessons of Pollution in Postwar JapanChapter 2:Political Economy of Damage and Reconstruction after the Fukushima Nuclear AccidentChapter 3:Current Status of and Challenges in the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster Compensation SchemeChapter 4:TEPCO Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident and Japan’s Nuclear Power PolicyChapter 5:Who Will Pay the Costs of the Fukushima Nuclear Accident?Chapter 6:Locally Initiated Energy Transition Transcends Market, Government, and Institutional FailuresPart II: Toward Sustainable Development of Natural Resource-based EconomiesChapter 7:Japanese Agricultural Problems and the Multifunctional Roles of AgricultureChapter 8:Agri-environmental Public Goods and Agri-environmental Payments Based on a UK case studyChapter 9:Management Problems of Inland Water Fishery Resources in JapanChapter 10:Greening Water Resource Development in Modern JapanChapter 11:Forest Underuse in Present-Day Japan and Access to Nature Regardless of Ownership (ANRO)Chapter 12:Japanese Policy of Biodiversity and Species Conservation