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• Failure to change course will put Japanese manufacturing at risk: Expedite the esta...

  Review

  

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  Failure to change course will put Japanese manufacturing at risk: Expedite the esta...

  October 28, 2025

  • Hikaru Hiranuma

  • SDGs
  • sustainability
  • renewable energy
  • climate change
  • environment
  • energy
  • resources
• Building a Carbon Neutral Future through Energy Transition and a Circular Economy

  Review

  

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  Building a Carbon Neutral Future through Energy Transition and a Circular Economy

  May 16, 2022

  • Hikaru Hiranuma

  • CSR
  • renewable energy
  • climate change
• Playing Catch-Up with Emission Reductions: Can Japan Deliver on Its Promises?

  Article

  

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  Playing Catch-Up with Emission Reductions: Can Japan Deliver on Its Promises?

  July 7, 2021

  • Takeo Kikkawa

  • renewable energy
  • climate change
  • politics
• Fukushima and the Future of Renewable Energy

  Article

  

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  Fukushima and the Future of Renewable Energy

  March 11, 2021

  • Hikaru Hiranuma

  • earthquake
  • renewable energy
  • environment
• Level Playing Field for Renewable Electricity Investment: Evidence from Transmissio...

  Working Paper

  

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  Level Playing Field for Renewable Electricity Investment: Evidence from Transmissio...

  December 9, 2020

  • Kota Sugimoto

  • market
  • renewable energy
  • energy
• Pathways toward Carbon Neutrality in Japan: Insights from Energy Modeling and Analy...

  Article

  

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  Pathways toward Carbon Neutrality in Japan: Insights from Energy Modeling and Analy...

  November 25, 2020

  • Kota Sugimoto

  • renewable energy
  • climate change
  • environment
• Renewable Energy Solutions for Japan’s Struggling Regional Economies: Miyazu’s Expe...

  Article

  

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  Renewable Energy Solutions for Japan’s Struggling Regional Economies: Miyazu’s Expe...

  April 30, 2020

  • Hikaru Hiranuma

  • sustainability
  • renewable energy
  • resources
• Is Nuclear the Answer to Reliable, Zero-Carbon Energy?

  Article

  

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  Is Nuclear the Answer to Reliable, Zero-Carbon Energy?

  September 30, 2019

  • Paul J. Saunders

  • renewable energy
  • climate change
  • energy
  • US politics
• Toward Community Solutions for Renewable Energy: Lessons from Obama Hot Springs

  Article

  

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  Toward Community Solutions for Renewable Energy: Lessons from Obama Hot Springs

  March 13, 2018

  • Hikaru Hiranuma

  • renewable energy
  • energy
  • resources
• Trump’s Paris Accord Exit Is a Rebuke to US Industry

  Article

  

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  Trump’s Paris Accord Exit Is a Rebuke to US Industry

  July 11, 2017

  • Hikaru Hiranuma

  • renewable energy
  • climate change
  • environment
• The Paris Agreement and Japan’s Energy Risks

  Article

  

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  The Paris Agreement and Japan’s Energy Risks

  December 26, 2016

  • Hikaru Hiranuma

  • renewable energy
  • climate change
  • energy
• Breaking Free of Dependence on Rare Earths: China’s Resource Nationalism Spawns Alt...

  Article

  

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  Breaking Free of Dependence on Rare Earths: China’s Resource Nationalism Spawns Alt...

  September 29, 2016

  • Hikaru Hiranuma

  • renewable energy
  • climate change
  • resources
• Five Key Perspectives for Japan’s Energy Mix: Need for Close Attention to Shifting ...

  Policy Proposal

  

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  Five Key Perspectives for Japan’s Energy Mix: Need for Close Attention to Shifting ...

  July 20, 2016

  • Tokyo Foundation , Hikaru Hiranuma

  • renewable energy
  • energy
  • resources
• Can China Curb Carbon Emissions?

  Article

  

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  Can China Curb Carbon Emissions?

  March 1, 2016

  • Hikaru Hiranuma

  • renewable energy
  • climate change
  • environment
• China’s Remarkable Renewable Energy Advances

  Article

  

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  China’s Remarkable Renewable Energy Advances

  December 9, 2013

  • Kunio Takami

  • renewable energy
  • environment
  • Chinese economy
• Tackling Japan’s Energy Crisis

  Article

  

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  Tackling Japan’s Energy Crisis

  April 24, 2013

  • Hikaru Hiranuma

  • earthquake
  • renewable energy
  • energy
• Solar Lanterns Brighten Future for Afghans

  Article

  

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  Solar Lanterns Brighten Future for Afghans

  February 13, 2013

  • Masami Ito

  • business
  • renewable energy
• Rebuilding Japan’s Energy Policy

  Policy Proposal

  

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  Rebuilding Japan’s Energy Policy

  June 21, 2012

  • Taisuke Abiru , Hikaru Hiranuma

  • earthquake
  • renewable energy
  • energy
  • resources
• Getting Serious About New Energy: Lessons from Spain

  Article

  

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  Getting Serious About New Energy: Lessons from Spain

  October 24, 2011

  • Hikaru Hiranuma

  • earthquake
  • renewable energy
  • energy
• Can Japan Make the Transition from Nuclear to Renewable Energy?

  Article

  

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  Can Japan Make the Transition from Nuclear to Renewable Energy?

  September 20, 2011

  • Lars Gaupset

  • earthquake
  • renewable energy
  • energy

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