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Budget and Expenses: Japan |
Total
Cost of Environmental Conservation in Japan |
The total cost of environmental conservation
is 6,068,400 million yen in Japan. This accounts for
1.11% of the Japanese gross domestic product (real GDP)
of 545,577,400 million yen (fiscal year2003). |
National
and Local Rate of Environmental Conservation Cost |
Of all the cost (6,068,400 million
yen), the national amount (Japanese government) is 2,742,300
million yen (45.2%), and the local amount is 3,326,100
million yen (54.8%) As for the items of the local cost,
all prefectures account for 706,800 million yen (11.6%
to whole Japan), and cities, wards, towns, and villages
(including ordinance-designated cities) account for 2,619,200
million yen (43.2%) (Fiscal year 2003).
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Breakdown of FY
2003 Environmental Conservation Cost (Nation, Prefectures,
and Cities, Wards, Towns and Villages) |
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Rate
of Water Environment Cost to All the Environmental Conservation
Cost
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Among the environmental conservation
cost of 6,068,400 million yen, the cost of water environmental
conservation (conservation of water environment, soil
environment, and ground environment) is 2,529,100 million
yen (nation: 1,100,100 million yen, and prefectures and
cities, wards, towns and villages: 1,429 billion yen)
(Fiscal year 2003).
The main purpose for spending is sewer maintenance,
maintenance of effluent treatment facilities, and
environmental pollution control. The rate of the
cost of these items is higher than any other item,
such as measures for global environment conservation,
and waste and recycling.
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Breakdown of FY
2003 Environmental Conservation Cost |
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Reference: Okada M, Peterson SA.(2000): “Water Pollution Control Policy and Management: the Japanese Experience”. Gyosei, Japan, 287pp.
Sources: Based on the data as below.
Homepage of Japanese Ministry of the Environment: http://www.env.go.jp/en/index.html
“Environmental Conservation Cost” in Quality of the Environment
in Japan (White Paper) 2004, 158 pp (Japanese only)
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