eprintid: 4328 rev_number: 6 eprint_status: archive userid: 351 dir: disk0/00/00/43/28 datestamp: 2016-01-15 02:05:25 lastmod: 2021-08-27 17:36:00 status_changed: 2016-01-15 02:05:25 type: article metadata_visibility: show item_issues_count: 1 creators_name: Watanabe, C. creators_id: 1605 title: Mitigating global warming by substituting technology for energy: MITI's efforts and new approach ispublished: pub internal_subjects: iis_env internal_subjects: iis_ecn internal_subjects: iis_mnt internal_subjects: iis_cli divisions: prog_dir keywords: Environmental constraints; Technology development; Industrial technology policy abstract: In the last two decades, Japan has successfully overcome energy and environmental constraints despite a fragile energy and environmental structure, while maintaining a high rate of economic growth. Much of this success can be attributed to the substitution of an unconstrained production factor (technology) for a constrained production factor (energy) stimulated by MITI's industrial technology policy. With the recent fall of international oil prices and the succeeding ‘bubble economy’, Japan again faces the prospect of energy and environmental constraints. This paper reviews Japan's path and MITI's efforts to overcome energy and environmental constraints by substituting technology for energy. It also analyzes the sources of the current fear concerning energy and environmental constraints. date: 1995 date_type: published publisher: Elsevier id_number: 10.1016/0301-4215(95)90169-8 iiasapubid: XJ-95-005 iiasa_bibref: Energy Policy; 23(4):447-461 [1995] creators_browse_id: 323 full_text_status: none publication: Energy Policy volume: 23 number: 4 pagerange: 447-461 refereed: TRUE issn: 0301-4215 coversheets_dirty: FALSE fp7_type: info:eu-repo/semantics/article citation: Watanabe, C. (1995). Mitigating global warming by substituting technology for energy: MITI's efforts and new approach. Energy Policy 23 (4) 447-461. 10.1016/0301-4215(95)90169-8 .