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Annual Report on the Environment and the Sound Material-Cycle Society in Japan 2007 (open access)

Annual Report on the Environment and the Sound Material-Cycle Society in Japan 2007

The annual report summarized the FY2006 status of the environment and the establishment of a sound material-cycle Society in Japan. It provides an overview of Global Warming and the technologies for mitigating Global Warming. The report also describes the government's role in environmental conservation, and the formation of a sound material-cycle society.
Date: 2007
Creator: Japan. Kankyōsho
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Annual Report on the Environment and the Sound Material-Cycle Society in Japan 2008 (open access)

Annual Report on the Environment and the Sound Material-Cycle Society in Japan 2008

This document reports the global and Japanese trends in creating a low carbon, material-cycle society. It also describes the policy measures taken by Japan towards establishing such a society.
Date: June 2008
Creator: Japan. Kankyōshō.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Annual Report on the Environment in Japan 2003 (open access)

Annual Report on the Environment in Japan 2003

The annual report summarizes the state of the global environment and development of individual and community efforts in Japan, FY 2002. Also it introduced the environmental issues and environmental conservation measures by the Japanese government.
Date: January 2004
Creator: Japan. Kankyōshō.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Annual Report on the Environment in Japan 2004 (open access)

Annual Report on the Environment in Japan 2004

The annual report includes an overview of the diffusion of environmentalism in Japan and the world during FY 2003. The report details the environmental issues and the environmental conservation measures by the Japanese government in FY 2003.
Date: January 2005
Creator: Japan. Kankyōshō.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Annual Report on the Environment in Japan 2005 (open access)

Annual Report on the Environment in Japan 2005

The annual report describes the environment of Japan in FY 2004. It includes an overview on efforts to build a Low Carbon Society, as well as the environmental issues and environmental conservation measures led by the Japanese government.
Date: January 2006
Creator: Japan. Kankyōshō.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Annual Report on the Environment in Japan 2006 (open access)

Annual Report on the Environment in Japan 2006

The document reports on the state of the environment of Japan in FY 2005. It consists of an overview on population decline and the environment of Japan. It also describes the origins of Japan's environmental problems, citing the example of Minamata disease. In the second part of the report, it summarizes the environmental issues and government environmental conservation measures in Japan, FY 2005.
Date: May 30, 2006
Creator: Japan. Kankyōshō.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Annual Report on the Environment, the Sound Material-Cycle Society and the Biodiversity 2009 (open access)

Annual Report on the Environment, the Sound Material-Cycle Society and the Biodiversity 2009

The white paper on comprehensive environmental policy describes the role of Japan's economy in a sound global environment. In the first part, the report describes current the environmental conditions of the Earth and of Japan, human activities in Japan and overseas, their environmental impacts, and the pathway to the environmental century. The second part of the white paper reports on various measures.
Date: November 2009
Creator: [Japan] Ministry of the Environment
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Assessment and Review of the Climate Change Policy Programme, Interim Report (open access)

Assessment and Review of the Climate Change Policy Programme, Interim Report

This interim report provides an assessment and review of the Japanese Climate Change Policy Programme.
Date: August 2004
Creator: Central Environment Council, Ministry of the Environment of Japan
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Basic Policy On Development Cooperation in the Field of Climate Change: Recommendations by Experts' Panel for Realization of "Cool Earth" (open access)

Basic Policy On Development Cooperation in the Field of Climate Change: Recommendations by Experts' Panel for Realization of "Cool Earth"

The document encourages international cooperation for dealing with climate change and offers strategies for making climate policy and economic policy compatible.
Date: 2008
Creator: Japan. Gaimushō.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Changing U.S.-Japan Alliance: Implications for U.S. Interests (open access)

The Changing U.S.-Japan Alliance: Implications for U.S. Interests

This report examines policy changes that have driven actual and proposed shifts in the alliance between the U.S. and Japan. Key features of the proposals include a reduction in the number of U.S. Marines in Japan, the relocation of a controversial Marine air base in Okinawa, expanded cooperation in training and intelligence sharing, and command structure changes. The report concludes with a number of potential options for U.S. policymakers to protect U.S. security interests in the Asia Pacific. Those options include further bolstering Japan’s military, reducing the U.S military presence in the region, encouraging Japan to focus on international peacekeeping and reconstruction operations, developing trilateral defense cooperation, and creating a security forum in northeast Asia.
Date: January 10, 2008
Creator: Chanlett-Avery, Emma
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
China-U.S. Trade Issues (open access)

China-U.S. Trade Issues

This report discusses the U.S.-China economic relationship and China's rapid expansion as a global economic market, both with respect to the current global economic crisis. It also examines major U.S.-China trade issues and related legislation.
Date: June 3, 2009
Creator: Morrison, Wayne M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Climate Change and the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS): Kyoto and Beyond (open access)

Climate Change and the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS): Kyoto and Beyond

This report discusses the development in global warming as a global issue. Topics include issues that have arisen regarding the ETS and considerations for cap-and-trade.
Date: November 24, 2008
Creator: Parker, Larry
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Climate Change: The EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) Enters Kyoto Compliance (open access)

Climate Change: The EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) Enters Kyoto Compliance

This report discusses the development in global warming as a global issue. Topics include issues that have arisen regarding the ETS and considerations for cap-and-trade.
Date: February 11, 2008
Creator: Parker, Larry
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Climate Regime Beyond 2012: Key Perspectives ([Japan] Long-Term Targets) 2nd Interim Report (open access)

Climate Regime Beyond 2012: Key Perspectives ([Japan] Long-Term Targets) 2nd Interim Report

This document is an interim committee report based on discussions from the environmental perspective what considerations Japan should abide by as a basis for international negotiations on the climate regime beyond 2012. A wide range of viewpoints are considered.
Date: January 2004
Creator: Global Environment Committee of Central Environment Council, Ministry of the Environment, Japan
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Climate Regime Beyond 2012: Key Perspectives (Long-Term Targets), 2nd Interim Report (open access)

Climate Regime Beyond 2012: Key Perspectives (Long-Term Targets), 2nd Interim Report

This report presents the international developments related to Long-Term Targets for controlling climate change, the significance of establishing Long-Term Targets, the conditions precedent to debating Long-Term Targets, temperature increases and related impacts due to climate change, the approaches to establishing Long-Term Targets, and the agenda for the future.
Date: May 2005
Creator: Sub-Committee for International Climate Change Strategy, Global Environment Committee, Central Environment Council, Ministry of the Environment, Japan
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Current Status and Reclamation Plan of Former Uranium Mining and Milling Facilities at Ningyo-Toge in Japan (open access)

Current Status and Reclamation Plan of Former Uranium Mining and Milling Facilities at Ningyo-Toge in Japan

The Japan Nuclear Cycle Development Institute (JNC) conducted research and development projects on uranium exploration in Japan from 1956 to 1987. Several mine facilities, such as waste rock yards and a mill tailing pond, were retained around Ningyo-toge after the projects ended. Although there is no legal issue in the mine in accordance with related law and agreements at present, JNC has a notion that it is important to reduce the burden of waste management on future generations. Thus, the Ningyo-toge Environmental Engineering Center of JNC proposed a reclamation plan for these facilities with fundamental policy, an example of safety analysis and timetables. The plan has mainly three phases: Phase I is the planning stage, and this paper corresponds to this: Phase II is the stage to perform various tests for safety analysis and site designing: Phase III is the stage to accomplish measures. Preliminarily safety analyses suggested that our supposed cover designs for both waste rock and m ill tailing are enough to keep dose limit of 1mSv/y at site boundaries. The plan is primarily based on the Japanese Mine Safety Law, also refers to ICRP recommendations, IAEA reports, measures implemented overseas, etc. because this is the first case …
Date: February 27, 2003
Creator: Sato, Kazuhiko & Tokizawa, Takayuki
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Effective Sea System and Case Studies (open access)

Effective Sea System and Case Studies

This report describes SEA (Strategic Environmental Assessment), and case studies demonstrating the merits of SEA in Europe and North America. The report is aimed at helping readers understanding and implementing SEA.
Date: June 2003
Creator: Hayashi, Kiichiro; Sadler, Barry; Verheem, Rob; Dusik, Jiri & Tomlinson, Paul
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Energy Consumption, Efficiency, Conservation, and Greenhouse Gas Mitigation in Japan's Building Sector (open access)

Energy Consumption, Efficiency, Conservation, and Greenhouse Gas Mitigation in Japan's Building Sector

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Date: June 1, 2006
Creator: Murakami, Shuzo; Levine, Mark D.; Yoshino, Hiroshi; Inoue,Takashi; Ikaga, Toshiharu; Shimoda, Yoshiyuki et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Evaluation of the Pilot Project of Domestic Emissions Trading Scheme (open access)

Evaluation of the Pilot Project of Domestic Emissions Trading Scheme

This document is an evaluation of the Japanese domestic emissions trading scheme to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Date: July 12, 2004
Creator: Japan. Kankyōshō.
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Evolution of Japan’s Foreign Policy (open access)

The Evolution of Japan’s Foreign Policy

Paper examines the effect of World War II and its aftermath on foreign policy in Japan, particularly military policy.
Date: 2008
Creator: Admire, Kristyn
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
The G-20 and International Economic Cooperation: Background and Implications for Congress (open access)

The G-20 and International Economic Cooperation: Background and Implications for Congress

This report discusses the background of the G-20 (an international forum for discussing and coordinating economic policies) and some of the issues that it has addressed. It includes historic background on the work of the G-20, information about how the group operates, overviews of G-20 summits, major issues that the group is likely to address and the likely effectiveness of the G-20 in the near future.
Date: December 9, 2009
Creator: Nelson, Rebecca M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Guam: U.S. Defense Deployments (open access)

Guam: U.S. Defense Deployments

The United States military has been building up forces on the U.S. territory of Guam to increase deterrence and power projection for possible responses to crises and disasters, counter-terrorism, and contingencies in support of South Korea, Japan, the Philippines, Taiwan, or elsewhere in Asia. But the defense buildup on Guam is moderate. China has concerns about the defense buildup. Guam's role has increased with plans to withdraw some U.S. forces from Japan and South Korea. This report describes in brief detail the various cooperative efforts, including financial efforts, undertaken by the U.S. and the above nations.
Date: May 22, 2009
Creator: Kan, Shirley A. & Niksch, Larry A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The History of Destroyers Built in Orange, Texas During W. W. II (open access)

The History of Destroyers Built in Orange, Texas During W. W. II

This book discusses the naval base in Orange, Texas and shipbuilding activities, particularly focusing on World War II. It includes reprints of relevant newspaper articles, histories of action for ships built at the facility, articles on historical relevance and commemorative events, and information from other documentation.
Date: October 2002
Creator: Orange County Historical Society (Tex.)
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

Jacket

Jacket of black cotton/polyester blend twill in box style. Satin revers with large black plastic button and tailored buttonhole at base of collar; long set-in sleeves with inner knit cuffs and closure of two circular black plastic buttons with tailored buttonholes on placket of exterior hem. Two double welt satin pockets on left side and one double welt satin pocket on right side. Lined in black polyester with large "Y-3" stamped across back shoulders. Designer's label at center back neckline: "Y-3 Yohji Yamamoto Adidas"
Date: 2000/2009
Creator: Yamamoto, Yohji
Object Type: Physical Object
System: The UNT Digital Library