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| Population: | 127,433,494 (July 2007 est.) |
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| GDP (PPP): | $4.218 trillion (2006 est.) |
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Information about biofuels and bioenergy in Japan.
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Events
2008
- 28-29 January 2008, Tokyo, Japan: Bio Asia 2008 (Themes: biotechnology)
- 9-11 June 2008, Yokohama, Japan: Bio Fuels World 2008 Conference and Exposition. (Themes: biomass, Southeast Asia)
- 11-14 September 2008, Nagoya, Japan: Messe Nagoya 2008. (Themes: alternative energy, biotechnologies, etc.)
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Issues/Policies
- Go here for Biomass Nippon (outline), Japan's bioenergy strategy, decided at a Cabinet meeting on 27 December 2002, from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestries and Fisheries.
- Goals reported as being adopted by the Japanese government for bioenergy utilization include:
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News from Japan
- Japan Plans to Support Replacing Petrol With Wood, 29 January 2008 by PlanetArk: "Japan is set to embark on a five-year plan this year to harness a new form of energy using unused wood biomass to produce auto fuels and other industrial products currently made from imported petrol."
- Japan's Ministry of Agriculture has proposed allocating 1.2 billion yen (US$11.2 million) in the coming year for private projects including for development of cellulosic ethanol technology, in addition to support for "consortiums comprising farmers, engineers and regional governments to produce ethanol from non-food soft plant parts such as rice stems and use it locally."
- Japan eyes affordable cellulosic ethanol technology, 21 November 2007, from ENN/Reuters, reports that Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) announced plans "to introduce new, cost-efficient technology for producing cellulosic ethanol by 2015," aiming to reduce the cost of producing ethanol from waste wood "to 100 yen (91 cents) per liter ($3.45 per gallon) from more than 2,000 yen now."
- Japan launches Green Cool Asia plan boosting food security through biofuels, The Japanese government has decided to launch a plan to assist South-East Asian countries in the growing of biofuels.
- Japanese Biofuel Project in Brazil Creates 50,000 Direct Jobs, 19 June 2007 from Brazzilmag.com. Japan's Itochu and Petrobras of Brazil have agreed to cooperate on a project in Pernambuco State in Brazil's Northeast, involving construction of a large "Canal of the Savannah" and conversion of 150,000 hectares to planting of sugarcane, castor beans and other biofuel crops. Japan is interested in developing biofuel sources in Brazil and elsewhere to help meet their own biofuel and Kyoto Protocol targets.
- Boom in biofuel leading to higher costs for food, 11 May 2007 from the Asahi Shinbun. The increase in US corn going to ethanol production is driving up the prices of other products. In particular farmers are planting less soybeans, which has resulted in a 10% increase in the price of mayonnaise made by Japan's largest producer. It was their first price hike in 17 years. Beer and beef producers are also feeling the pressure.
- Nippon Oil hopes to slash domestic biofuel costs 16 January 2007 from Reuters. "Japan's top oil refiner Nippon Oil Corp. hopes to more than halve domestic ethanol production costs over the next ten years through research into biomass ethanol"
- Brazil's Petrobas and Mitsui Finalize Plans on Ethanol exports to Japan from 2010 11 December 2006 from Greencarcongress
- Don't use biofuels to power farm industry 26 November, 2006 editorial from the Yomiuri Shinbun. The editorial critizes the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry aim to increase in about 15 years the annual domestic production of bioethanol to about 10 percent of the nation's current annual gasoline consumption, as unrealistic.
- Nippon Oil, Toyota to develop biofuel by the Yomiuri Shinbun. Nippon Oil and Toyota Motor Corporation "are to jointly develop a new diesel fuel made from palm oil, in conjunction with the Malaysian state-run petroleum company Petronas."
- Japanese NGOs Appeal to Gov't for Sustainable Biofuel Use by Japan for Sustainability reports that five Japanese NGOs, including FoE Japan and the Global Environmental Forum, and 13 individuals issued a statement calling on government agencies to take "measures to secure sustainable biomass fuel resources."
- Japan to More Than Double Biodiesel Fuel Production in 4 Years by Japan for Sustainability The Ministry of the Environment has set the target "of increasing domestic production of biodiesel fuel to 10,000 - 15,000 kiloliters per year by fiscal 2010." At least 102 Japanese municipalities are planning to grow rapeseed for biodiesel.
- Biomass Mark Labeling Starts by JFS, reported that on 1 August 2006, "The Japan Organics Recycling Association launched the 'Biomass Mark' labeling program, which evaluates and certifies products using biomass resources."
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Organizations
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Governmental organizations
- Cabinet Office
- Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
- Forestry Agency
- Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)
- METI is funding research into cellulosic ethanol technologies.[3]
- New Energy Development Organization (NEDO)
- Ministry of Environment
- The MOE has a committee for promoting usage of eco-fuels.
- Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport
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Companies
- Nippon Oil[4]
- Toyota[5]
- Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., LTD. Currently has a bioethanol plant using wood chips and agricultural waste as a feedstock in Japan and is considering building an ethanol plant in Malaysia using agricultural waste from oil palms.
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Non-governmental
- FoE Japan
- Global Environmental Forum
- Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) - Biofuels Project
- Japan Organics Recycling Association
- Wood Biomass Society
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