TY - BOOK AU - Takao,Yasuo TI - Japan's environmental politics and governance: from trading nation to econation T2 - Routledge studies in Asia and the environment SN - 9781138855908 PY - 2016/// CY - London And New York PB - Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group KW - Environmental policy KW - Japan KW - Decentralization in government KW - Central-local government relations KW - Environmental economics N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; The transformation of Japan's environmental policy -- The rigidity of Japan's nuclear energy policy : state-centric gate-keeping -- The state of local capacity building : decentralized policy making -- Tokyo's metropolitan cap-and-trade : policy learning and diffusion -- Shiga's cooperation with UNEP : transnational sectoral network -- Kitakyushu's environmental business : utility-based transnationalism within norms -- Yokohama's normative commitment : image and reputation -- Expert citizens' role : civic science in environmental policy ER -