IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/gam/jijerp/v14y2017i10p1261-d115834.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Experience of Japan in Achieving a Total Ban on Asbestos

Author

Listed:
  • Sugio Furuya

    (Japan Occupational Safety and Health Resource Center, Tokyo 1360071, Japan)

  • Ken Takahashi

    (Asbestos Diseases Research Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney 2139, Australia)

Abstract

This paper aims to examine the process through which a total ban on asbestos was achieved in Japan. We reconstructed the process, analyzed the roles of involved parties/events, and drew lessons from the Japanese experience of achieving the ban. In Japan, a bill to phase out asbestos was proposed in 1992 but rejected without deliberation. Wide support for such a ban subsequently grew, however, largely due to the actions of trade unions and civil societies in establishing a coalition, raising awareness, organizing asbestos victims and their families, and propagating information on international developments. A governmental decision towards a ban was made in 2002 based on several national and international factors. A huge asbestos scandal in 2005 preponed the achievement of a total ban and led to the establishment of comprehensive measures to tackle asbestos issues. However, challenges remain for the elimination of asbestos-related diseases.

Suggested Citation

  • Sugio Furuya & Ken Takahashi, 2017. "Experience of Japan in Achieving a Total Ban on Asbestos," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 14(10), pages 1-10, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:14:y:2017:i:10:p:1261-:d:115834
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/14/10/1261/pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/14/10/1261/
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Jiwoon Kwon, 2022. "Impact of Naturally Occurring Asbestos on Asbestos Ban: Regulations and Experience of the Republic of Korea," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(2), pages 1-12, January.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:14:y:2017:i:10:p:1261-:d:115834. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: MDPI Indexing Manager (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.mdpi.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.