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With the support of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO),... 

Japan s Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) was formed in 1949 and reorganized as the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) in 2001. METI is responsible for The Chemical Substances Control Law. It focuses on properties of chemical substances such as persistence, bioaccumulation, long-term toxicity to humans, and toxicity to plants and animals (hazards) and the likelihood of the chemical substance causing damage by remaining in the environment (risk).87 The law stipulates regulatory classifications and the measures to be taken for each classification. The classifications include the following ... 

The Japan Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Demonstration Project (JHFC), summarized in Fig. 4-13, is a program set up by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) in March 2003. In this program, hydrogen refueling facilities with different types of fuel and production methods will be tested. Vehicles from five automakers are taking part in this project, including Toyota s FCHV and fuel cell bus. 

In 1995, Japan s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), formerly Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI), launched a project to explore for marine gas hydrate accumulations around Japan. From late 1999 to early 2000, an exploratory hole MITI Nankai Trough was drilled on the landward side of the eastern Nankai Trough, offshore Japan (Fig. 1) by Japan National Oil Corporation (JNOC) along with Japan Petroleum Exploration Co., Ltd (JAPEX) as the well operator. The water depth at the drill site was 945 m and the sub-bottom depth of the hole was 2355 m. The seismic bottom simulating reflector (BSR) is present at around 295 mbsf. There were two exploration objectives one was a gas hydrate survey in shallow Quaternary sediments and the other was conventional oil and gas exploration in deeper Tertiary sediments. In addition to the main hole, seven short holes (two site survey, two pilot and three post-survey holes) were also drilled for the gas hydrate survey around the main hole. In this paper, we will clarify the origins of methane in gas hydrates found in the MITI Nankai Trough Well and discuss gas migration and hydrate formation in the sediments. 

This research is partly supported by the grants of the Programmed Research Development of evaluation technology for the C02 in the exhaust gas sequestration into geothermal fields" of RITE under the fund from METI (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry). We thank Odashima, Tokumaru and other members at Ogachi for their kind help during laboratory and field experiments. 

The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (2011) Chemical substances and control law. http //www.meti.go.jp/policy/chemical managemenl/english/files/setsumeisiryou eng.pdf... 

Environmental Industries Office (2011) Environmental policy division, industrial science and technology policy and environment bureau, ministry of economy, trade and industry, Japan. Guide for material flow cost accounting. Retrieved from http //www.meti.go.jp Kasemset C, Chemsupomchai J, Pala-ud W (2014) Application of MECA in waste reduction case study on a small textile factory in Thailand. J Cleaner Prod. doi 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.09.071 (in press)... 

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This work was supported in part by Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (No. 13853009 to SS Nos. 16380060 and 18380057 to MK). This work was also carried out as a part of the Project for Development of a Technological Infrastructure for Industrial Bioprocesses on R D of New Industrial Science and Technology Frontiers of the Ministry of Economy, Trade Industry (METI), and the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) (to SS). 

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