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Defining the Problem: Solutions Based on Innovative Answers to Social Problems

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National Project Management

Part of the book series: Advances in Japanese Business and Economics ((AJBE,volume 25))

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The shift in Japan’s energy policy following the Great East Japan Earthquake has led to a rising interest in renewable energy. As the answer to the sustainable energy problem, much is expected of the introduction and spread of renewable energy. The aim of this book is to identify tactics that are useful for promoting policies for renewable energy development.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    Kanamori et al. (1990, p. 552).

  2. 2.

    Yoshikai (1985, p. 8).

  3. 3.

    For the proportion of each ministry and agency in the budget for science and technology, see Imai (1984, p. 187).

  4. 4.

    See Anchordoguy (1989), Callon (1995), and Fransman (1999).

  5. 5.

    Miller et al. (2000).

  6. 6.

    Morris and Hough (1987).

  7. 7.

    Morris and Hough (1987).

  8. 8.

    Nishida (2000, p. 159).

  9. 9.

    Tsuruta (1982).

  10. 10.

    Nishida (2000, p. 157).

  11. 11.

    Nishida (2000, p. 160).

  12. 12.

    Ono (1999).

  13. 13.

    Sangyō kōzō shingikai (1971).

  14. 14.

    Itō (1998).

  15. 15.

    MITI Kōgyō gijutsuin Kenkyū kaihatsukan shitsu [MITI AIST, Office for Research and Development] (1987, p. 18).

  16. 16.

    Gotō and Wakasugi (1984, p. 171).

  17. 17.

    Gotō and Wakasugi (1984, p. 172). Also, MITI Kōgyō gijutsuin, ed., Wagakuni no sangyō gijutsu seisaku no enkaku [History of the Industrial Technology Policy of Japan] (self-pub., n.d.), p. 2.

  18. 18.

    MITI Kōgyō gijutsuin Kenkyū kaihatsukan shitsu (1987, p. 29).

  19. 19.

    The English designations, the “Sunshine Project” and the “New Sunshine Program”, suggest that the Sunshine Project was a single project and not necessarily a program at the outset. However, in light of the subsequent increase in new energy technology targets, the project functioned as a program in all but name.

  20. 20.

    MITI Kōgyō Gijutsuin (1985, p. 58).

  21. 21.

    The Nikkei/Nihon Keizai Shimbun, January 25, 1974.

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Shimamoto, M. (2020). Defining the Problem: Solutions Based on Innovative Answers to Social Problems. In: National Project Management. Advances in Japanese Business and Economics, vol 25. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-3180-4_1

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