Table of Contents

1 Climate Change Projections.- Summary.- 1.1 Introduction.- 1.2 Global-scale climate change projection.- 1.3 Climate change projections for Japan.- 1.4 Future subjects.- References.- 2 Impacts on Natural Ecosystems.- Summary.- 2.1 Introduction.- 2.2 Impacts on mountainous region.- 2.3 Impacts of global warming on grasslands in Japan.- 2.4 Desertification: Effects on Japan across national borders.- 2.5 Impacts on wetlands.- 2.6 Impacts on biodiversity and nature conservation areas.- References.- 3 Impacts on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.- Summary.- 3.1 Introduction.- 3.2 Importance and vulnerability.- 3.3 State-of-art in agriculture, forestry, and fisheries research sector.- 3.4 Future research needs.- References.- 4 Impacts on Hydrology / Water Resources and Water Environment.- Summary.- 4.1 Introduction.- 4.2 Hydrology and water resources.- 4.3 Freshwater ecosystem.- 4.4 Coastal and marine environment.- 4.5 Future research needs.- References ..- 5 Impacts on Infrastructure and Socioeconomic System.- Summary.- 5.1 Introduction.- 5.2 Present situation and problems regarding coastal zones, human settlements, social infrastructure, and industrial activities.- 5.3 Researches on vulnerability of coastal zones, human settlement, infrastructure, and industrial activities.- 5.4 Future research needs.- References.- 6 Impacts on Human Health.- Summary.- 6.1 Direct Impacts of global warming on human health in Japan.- 6.2 Impacts on vector-borne diseases.- 6.3 Impacts of warming on mortality.- References.- 7 Vulnerability of Japan to Climate Change.- Summary.- 7.1 Introduction.- 7.2 Vulnerability to extreme climate events in Japan.- 7.3 Impacts of global warming on environmental quality.- 7.4 Impact of hot summers in 1994 and 1995.- 7.5 Future research needs.- References.