JAPANESE ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION
By RON TATUM
General Characteristics of Agricultural, Industrial, and Information Age Environmental Pollution
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Agricultural Age Energy Sources:
During this age Japan had limited, insignificant levels of pollution.
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Industrial Age Energy Sources:
The industrial age saw air, water, and noise pollution from burning of fossil fuels. This pollution was largely a scarifice for advancement in production of the various industries thriving in Japan during this period. Toward the end of this period the Japanese started to recognized the damage they were doing to their own environment and they began taking corrective steps to slow the pollution trends.
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Information Age Energy Sources:
Global pollution problems, global warming (greenhouse effect), and hole in ozone level--all legacies of the industrial age; prospects for cleaner environment from technologies and an eventual return to renewable energy sources. During this age Japan recognized the importance of what they began at the end of the industrial age, of balancing economic growth with ecological responsibility.
Information/Data on Japanese Environmental Pollution
The Japanese government has made environmental responsibility a national goal. They are confronting two of the most serious threats to the earth, depletion of the ozone layer and the "greenhouse" effect. Japanese companies have developed ambitious anti-aerosol and other damaging agent reducing campaigns to eliminate their use.
Conclusions on Japan (Whether Primarily Agricultural, Industrial, or Information Age Re: Environmental Pollution)
In conclusion Japan is primarily an infromation age nation in regards to environmental pollution. The Japanese now play a major role in the world's struggle to protect the environment. Japan is helping the international efforts to combat these problems through advanced technologies for greater energy efficiency, and the development of new energy resources. More than 70% of the Japanese people believe protection of the environment is a priority even at the expense of economic growth, this shows the scarifice they are willing to make to cleaning up the environment. (ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION)
Additional Online Sources on Japanese Environmental Pollution
Traditional Bibliographic Sources on Japanese Environmental Pollution
- Baker, Donald (1993), Japan's Economic Power: Routledger & Kegan
- Van Dyke, Vernon (1994), Japanese Human Rights and Ethnicity: McGraw Hill Publishing
- Barclay, William (1990), Japan The Land Of The Rising Sun: Penguin Group Publishing
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