Stockholm Seminar on Japan, December 3

In 2020, the Government of Japan declared its goal of achieving carbon neutrality by 2050, marking a significant shift in the country’s decarbonization policy. In this presentation, Dr. Hide-Fumi Yokoo will introduce the current state of Japan’s "GX Policy".

The key concept for understanding the features of this policy is "climate policy meets industrial policy". He will explain three policy instruments that are still under discussion in the policymaking process. Finally, he will share his interpretation of the policy from the perspective of environmental economics.

Hide-Fumi Yokoo is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Economics at Hitotsubashi University, Japan. His research focuses on the design and evaluation of environmental policy instruments, particularly in Asian countries. He employs economic theory, field surveys and experiments, and econometric analysis in his work. His research sites span various Asian countries, including India, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam, and Japan. From April 2024, he will spend one year as a guest researcher at the Environmental Economics Unit of the University of Gothenburg.

Speaker: Dr. Hide-Fumi Yokoo, Hitotsubashi University and University of Gothenburg

Moderator: Dr. Patrik Ström, Director, European Institute of Japanese Studies, Stockholm School of Economics

• Date and Time: Tuesday, December 3, 15:00-16:30
• Language: English
• Location: Room Torsten, Stockholm School of Economics, Sveavägen 65
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The Japan seminar series is jointly organized by the European Institute of Japanese Studies at Stockholm School of Economics, the Asia Programme at The Swedish Institute of International Affairs, the Department of Asian, Middle Eastern and Turkish Studies at Stockholm University and the Swedish Defence University. It features monthly seminars on Japanese economy, politics and society.

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