ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the development of Japanese domestic norms on climate change policy from the late 1980s to the early 2000s. How and why did Japan define, adopt and act on these norms, and which domestic actors have shaped the norms? Since the emerging salience of the climate change issue in the international scientific community in the 1980s, Japan has shaped and reshaped its domestic climate change policy. This process is closely linked to the struggle between the often competing norms of economic growth, energy efficiency, international contribution, and environmental protection in Japan. The chapter begins with a short description of each norm, and then traces the three stages of norm diffusion in Japanese policy.
