Meta Data
Title in national language: 
2020年版エネルギー白書の目次・ポイント
Draft: 
No
Revision of previous policy?: 
No
Effective Start Year: 
2020
Scope: 
National
Document Type: 
Government Report, Other
Economic Sector: 
Energy
Energy Types: 
All, Coal, Oil, Power, Gas, Nuclear, Renewable, Solar, Other
Issued by: 
Cabinet of the Government of Japan
Overall Summary: 
The Japan’s Energy White Paper 2020 (Cabinet Decision Made on the FY 2019 Annual Report on Energy) is an annual report based on the Basic Act on Energy Policy (statutory white paper). The White Paper has been historically comprised of 3 parts, namely Part 1: Analysis based on the current energy situation, Part 2: Data on energy trends at home and abroad, and Part 3: Measures taken.
Governance
National policy structure: 
Each year, the Energy White Paper describes the energy trends and the status of measures taken for energy supply and demand in the previous fiscal year. In addition to these data, this year’s paper introduces the following. (1) Progress in reconstruction of Fukushima Current situations of supporting victims of the nuclear accident, e.g., developing environments that will encourage evacuees to return home; Current situations of contaminated water management; Progress in decommissioning, e.g., removal of fuel debris from the first target unit; etc. (2) Enhancement of resilience of energy systems based on risks associated with disasters and geopolitics Measures for enhancing security of resources and fuels; Future directions of establishing sustainable power systems based on recent disasters; Future directions of energy system reform which places renewable energy as a main source of electricity; Institutional actions for enhancing energy resilience; etc. (3) Measures to cope with the effectuation of the Paris Agreement Trends in global warming countermeasures, e.g., formulation of a long-term strategy; Trends in environmental finance that may cause impacts on energy; and Strategies toward cutting-edge environmental innovation to be formulated and implemented