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FIGURE 21.7 Japan’s infrastructure exports, by sector (units: JPY 100 million). Adapted from
MLIT, July 7, 2017. The government’s approach. In: Materials Presented to 8th Meeting of
Deliberation Commission on Overseas Port Facilities Distribution Project. Ministry of Lands,
Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Japan (in Japanese), p. 6

The Japanese also began working through International Council for Local
Environmental Initiatives on this goal. Further to this end, Japan’s MOE set up
the “Asia Low-Carbon Cities Platform” (MOE, 2016b). It lists 25 of Japan’s
smart communities, with overviews of their programs for smart energy sys-
tems and other critical infrastructures. The site does not seem to provide a