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Background Japan has heavily relied on the use of fossilfuels for its power generation. According to the Japanese Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, the countrys fossilfuel dependency was 83.2% This blog post provides an overview of those cases and the broader landscape of climate litigation in Japan.
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