The Special Edition on Energy Issues in Northeast Asia
Tomoyoshi Nakajima Head of the Editorial Committee
In this issue we raise as the featured topic energy issues in Northeast Asia. Russia, a major energy-supplier country in global terms also, is located in Northeast Asia, and in addition Mongolia also has become a major coal-exporter nation. Meanwhile, China and Japan, which are major energy-consumer nations, are also situated in Northeast Asia. When discussing the development of the Northeast Asian region, energy issues can be called an integral area. ERINA has been furthering “Northeast Asian Energy Security” research as part of its international collaborative research to date. In this special edition, against the backdrop of such achievements and personal networks, we have received papers contributed by specialists on energy issues from different parts of the world.
As regards content, from ERINA Tadashi Sugimoto has authored a paper on the Sakhalin energy development projects. From Jane Nakano of the Center for Strategic and International Studies we have received a contributed paper focusing on the natural gas and nuclear power sectors, regarding Sino–US energy cooperation. From Keun-Wook Paik of the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies we have received a contributed paper regarding Sino–Russian energy issues.
We would be very pleased if this special edition, with such rich content, is able to offer widely the opportunity to raise understanding of and interest in energy issues in Northeast Asia.
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