Conclusions
In this paper, LCA activities were reviewed mainly focusing on symposiums and conferences. There are more other activities that were not described here. One of them is the national LCA project [12] promoted by JEMAI, which was introduced in this journal [13]. In this project, the methodology of life cycle impact assessment for Japan has been developed, the progress of which was also introduced in this journal [14].
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Inaba, A. Recent progress of LCA activities in Japan. Int. J. LCA 5, 255–260 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02977576
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