2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Japan and South Korea Comparative Study of International Development of Automotive Recycling Industry
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25370914
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Human geography
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| Research Institution | Kumamoto University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
YU Jeongsoo 東北大学, 国際文化研究科, 准教授 (70323087)
Asazuma Yutaka 北海学園, 経済学部, 教授 (70347748)
Kimura Mami 沖縄国際大学, 産業社会学部, 准教授 (80516865)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
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| Keywords | 自動車 / 韓国 / リサイクル / 中古車 / モニタリング / マテリアルフローコスト会計 / 再生樹脂 / ASR |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
With a view to aging population and decreasing birthrate, as well as youths’ trends of being away from cars in Japan, not a few dismantlers is looking for new field and some of them already started local operations of used parts trade and dismantling overseas, including Malaysia, Dubai, Chile, New Zealand, Fiji, where are destinations of used vehicle and parts exports from Japan.
In 2014, attentions were paid to Japanese dismantlers who entered the Chinese market which became the top vehicle producer in the world. Some of them already exited the China. In that country, besides the dismantlers and used parts traders, rebuilt parts companies began to enter.
On the other hand, so far as the study concerned, South Korean companies did not show obvious international development of recycling business.
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| Free Research Field |
人文地理学
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