Japan

Overview

Senior Representative

WATANABE Hiroki MI Steering Committee Member Director, International Affairs Office Innovation and Environment Policy Bureau, Ministry, Trade and Industry

Role in Mission Innovation

• Member of the Mission Innovation Steering Committee 
• Member of the Technical Advisory Group (Vice-Chair) 
• Member of the Mission Innovation Secretariat 
• Supports the Green Powered Future Mission
• Member of the Carbon Dioxide Removal Mission
• Member of the Clean Hydrogen Mission

News & Events

• [June 2, 2021] Japan joins Mission Innovation members in launching MI2.0 and a decade of clean energy innovation to accelerate achieving the Paris Agreement Goals
• Japan celebrates Mission Innovation’s 5-year anniversary

Participation in MI’s first phase

• Participated in the:
  • Carbon Capture Innovation Challenge
  • Converting Sunlight Innovation Challenge
  • Renewable and Clean Hydrogen Innovation Challenge

Resources:

• (First phase) PLANS AND PRIORITIES
• HIGHLIGHTS IN 2018
• HIGHLIGHTS IN 2019
• (First phase) INNOVATION BREAKTHROUGHS

Clean Energy Innovation investment (MI 1.0)

Country-determined baseline year(s): FY 2013
Baseline funding amount: EUR ‎€222.6 million
Doubling target year: FY 2021
Doubling target amount: EUR €445.3 million

Find out more about how Japan’s baseline and doubling are calculated

*Figures in the spending chart are based on USD exchange rates in 2021