Climate Change Litigation in Japan : Cases, Challenges, and Opportunities for Environmental Law / Masako Ichihara.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ichihara, Masako, author.

Series:

Asian Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2026.

NIHU Studies in the Humanities ; 1.

Asian Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2026

NIHU Studies in the Humanities ; 1

Language:

English

Japanese

Subjects (All):

Asian Studies.

Human ecology--History.

Human ecology.

History.

Social sciences.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (220 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Cases, Challenges, and Opportunities for Environmental Law

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2026.

Language Note:

English and Japanese

Summary:

This book provides the details of Japanese climate litigation, positioning them both within the global trends of climate litigation and on the trajectory of Japanese past pollution lawsuits. It identifies the barriers that hinders the number of climate cases in Japan, a country known with a significant low litigation use. It then discusses the future prospects for climate change litigation in Japan by comparing with tobacco litigation in the United States. This original work makes a significant contribution to the international academic community, by describing Japan's climate cases, previously little known internationally.

Contents:

Preface

Acknowledgments

List of Figures and Tables

Abbreviations

Introduction

1 Research Background and Existing Scholarship

1.1 Research Background

1.2 Literature Review

1.3 Research Objectives and Methods

2 Overview of the Japanese Legal System Relevant to Climate Change Litigation

2.1 Overview

2.2 Japanese Judiciary

2.3 Public Access to Justice in Environmental Litigation

2.4 Laws Mobilized in Japanese CCL

2.5 Summary: Key Legal Constraints to CCL in Japan

3 From Environmental to Climate Change Litigation

3.1 Overview

3.2 Historical Background

3.3 Structural Causes of Japanese Environmental Damage

3.4 CCL as an Extension of Environmental Litigation

3.5 Summary

4 Five Climate Change Cases in Japan

4.1 Overview

4.2 Details of the Cases

4.3 Comparison of the Cases

4.4 Comparison of CCL and Earlier Antipollution/ Environmental Cases

4.5 Uniqueness of CCL in Japan

4.6 Summary

5 Institutional Obstacles

5.1 Overview

5.2 Access to the Courts

5.3 Existing Law

5.4 Judicial Receptiveness

5.5 Discussion

5.6 Summary

6 Cognitive Obstacles

6.1 Overview

6.2 Previous Studies

6.3 Methodology

6.4 First-Stage Surveys and Interviews

6.5 Second-Stage Questionnaire Survey

6.6 Discussion

6.7 Summary

7 Countermeasures: Possible Improvements and Future Prospects

7.1 Overview

7.2 Obstacles to Climate Litigation

7.3 Prospects for the Future: through Comparison with US Tobacco Litigation

7.4 Summary

Conclusion

1 Findings and Implications

2 Contributions

3 Limitations and Future Research

Glossary

Appendix 1: First-Stage Survey Questionnaire

Appendix 2: Second-Stage Survey Questions

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-75703-1

9789004757035

OCLC:

1573149035

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004757035 DOI