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Shock to the System: Implications of the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami for Japan's Governance and Energy Policy Making Systems Jennifer F. Sklarew [email protected] The Great East Japan Earthquake: Lessons for Japan’s Energy Policy, Infrastructure Development, and Media Coverage U.S.-Japan Research Institute July 21, 2011

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Shock to the System:

Implications of the Great East Japan Earthquake

and Tsunami for Japan's Governance and Energy

Policy Making SystemsJennifer F. Sklarew

[email protected]

The Great East Japan Earthquake: Lessons for Japan’s

Energy Policy, Infrastructure Development, and Media Coverage

U.S.-Japan Research InstituteJuly 21, 2011

FOUNDATIONS

I. Frameworks for understanding Japanese energy policy process

II. Features of the energy policy process

III. Fallout from the earthquake and tsunami

FRAMEWORKS FOR UNDERSTANDING JAPAN’S ENERGY POLICY PROCESS

Priorities: 3E’s

FRAMEWORKS FOR UNDERSTANDING JAPAN’S ENERGY POLICY PROCESS

Relationships

Media

Government

Public

Private Sector

FRAMEWORKS FOR UNDERSTANDING JAPAN’S ENERGY POLICY PROCESS

Risk Perceptions

FEATURES OF THE ENERGY POLICY PROCESSPriorities

• Basic Energy Plan (2003) = 3 E’s

• Strategic Energy Plan (2010) = 3E’s + energy-based economic growth + energy industry reform

FEATURES OF THE ENERGY POLICY PROCESS

Relationships

METI MEXT DIET

GOVERNMENT

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

PRIVATE SECTOR

PUBLIC MEDIA

FEATURES OF THE ENERGY POLICY PROCESS

Risk Perceptions

FALLOUT: POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF THE EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI

Priorities

FALLOUT: POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF THE EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI

Relationships

Government

Public

MediaPrivate Sector

FALLOUT: POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF THE EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI