1. LCA in Japan — the past, the present, the future

   • Matthias Finkbeiner
   • Yasunari Matsuno

   Editorial Pages: 253 - 254

2. Recent progress of LCA activities in Japan

   • Atsushi Inaba

   OriginalPaper Pages: 255 - 260

3. Current activities of the national LCA project in Japan

   • Masataka Yano
   • Ryohsuke Aoki
   • Toshio Ohta

   OriginalPaper Pages: 261 - 264

4. Development of damage function for stratospheric ozone layer depletion

   • Kentaro Hayashi
   • Norihiro Itsubo
   • Atsushi Inaba

   OriginalPaper Pages: 265 - 272

5. Screening life cycle impact assessment with weighting methodology based on simplified damage functions

   • Norihiro Itsubo

   OriginalPaper Pages: 273 - 280

6. A simplified model for spatially differentiated impact assessment of air emissions

   • Yuichi Moriguchi
   • Atsushi Terazono

   OriginalPaper Pages: 281 - 286

7. LCA study of air conditioners with an alternative refrigerant

   • Kazuta Yanagitani
   • Katsumi Kawahara

   OriginalPaper Pages: 287 - 290

8. An LCA study on sludge retreatment processes in Japan

   • Keiko Iriyama Strauss
   • Michael Wiedemann

   OriginalPaper Pages: 291 - 294

9. Development of life cycle inventories for electricity grid mixes in Japan

   • Yasunari Matsuno
   • Michael Betz

   OriginalPaper Pages: 295 - 305

10. Life cycle of CO₂-emissions from electric vehicles and gasoline vehicles utilizing a process-relational model

    • Ryuji Matsuhashi
    • Yuki Kudoh
    • Kanji Yoshioka

    OriginalPaper Pages: 306 - 312

11. Experiences and thoughts about life cycle assessment in the automotive industry in Japan

    • Junichi Kasai

    OriginalPaper Pages: 313 - 316