%0 Unpublished work %T Government Policy and the Evolution of Japan's Photovoltaic Industry, 1961-2014 %+ Centre d’études avancées franco-japonais de Paris (CEAFJP) %+ Cardiff University %A Umemura, Maki %Z Fondation France-Japon de l'EHESS - 2015 Michelin/CEAFJP Fellowship %Z This is a work in progress. Please do not cite or quote. %Z Discussion Paper 15-04 %8 2015-12 %D 2015 %K Photovoltaic industry %K Innovation %K Japan %K Renewable energy %Z Humanities and Social Sciences/History, Philosophy and Sociology of Sciences %Z Humanities and Social Sciences/Environmental studiesPreprints, Working Papers, ... %X Interest in renewables is growing in France, Japan and many other countries, due to growing environmental concerns of fossil fuels and the safety concerns of using nuclear energy. This paper examines the evolution of Japan’s photovoltaic industry. Over the decades, Japanese government policies on renewables have focussed on photovoltaics, which convert solar rays into electricity. This paper identifies several policy regimes over the history of the Japanese photovoltaics industry. %G English %Z CEAFJP %2 https://hal.science/hal-01660893/document %2 https://hal.science/hal-01660893/file/CEAFJPDP15-04.pdf %L hal-01660893 %U https://hal.science/hal-01660893 %~ SHS %~ EHESS %~ GIP-BE %~ HIPHISCITECH %~ CEAFJP %~ CONDORCET4 %~ CAMPUS-CONDORCET %~ FFJ