Development of Environmental Policy in Japan and Asian Countries

TADAYOSHI TERAO is Researcher in the Environment and Resources Studies Group at the Institute of Developing Economies (IDE-JETRO), Japan. He studied Agricultural Chemistry and Economics at the University of Tokyo, and Development Economics and Resource Economics at Stanford University. In his current position he conducts studies on industrial pollution control and environmental policy in Japan, Taiwan and South Asia. KENJI OTUKA is Researcher in the Environment and Resources Studies Group at the Institute of Developing Economies (IDE-JETRO), Japan. In his current position he has conduct

• Introduction; T.Terao & K.Otuka PART 1: RETHINKING OF JAPANESE EXPERIENCES IN ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION CONTROL Industrial Policy, Industrial Development and Pollution Control in Postwar Japan: Implications for Developing Countries; T.Terao Historial Dynamic Interactions between the Regulation Policy and the Pipe-End Technology Development in Japan: Case Studies of Developing Air Pollution Control Technology; Y.Fujii Role of Local Governmental Research Institute in Development and Diffusion of Pollution Control Technologies in Japan; Y.Ito Administrative Guidance Provided by Japanese Local Government for Air Pollution Control; R.Fujikura PART 2: DYNAMISM OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY PROCESS IN ASIA Environmental Policy Planning under Imperfect Market and Government Capacity: A Case of Air Pollution Abatement in China; N.Horii Rating Program Revisted: In the Case of Indonesia; M.Kojima Industrial Pollution Control in India: Public Interest Litigation Re-examined; Y.Tsujita Environmental Governance and Social Change in China: Focusing on Implementation of Industrial Pollution Control; K.Otuka Democratization, Decentralization, and Environmental Policy in Taiwan: Political Economy of Environmental Policy Formation and Implementation; T.Terao Environmental Cooperation in East Asia: Comparison with European Region and the Effectiveness of Japan's Policy; H.Shiroyama