Energy Use in Japanese Copper Industry from the Meiji Period to WWI

Asuka Yamaguchi
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Asuka Yamaguchi: Graduate School of Economics, Nagoya City University

No 2019-010, Keio-IES Discussion Paper Series from Institute for Economics Studies, Keio University

Abstract: In recent years, energy constraints are discussed from a historical point of view. This study aims at examining the copper industry's energy use in Japan from the Meiji period to the time of WWI and clarifying the process of, and reasons for, the energy source selection. This study considered not only energy use in the large-scale mines but also energy use in the small-scale mines and miners' homes. As a result, it was clarified that the mines changed into a space that is based on a diverse combination of energy depending on differences in location (access to energy), natural conditions, financial power, the required amount and price of energy, energy use technologies, ore quality, and end-product (usage).

Keywords: energy; diversity; mine; copper; Japan (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: N55 N75 Q40 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 27 pages
Date: 2019-03-22
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