TERRITORIAL EMISSIONS · 2024
🇯🇵 Japan
World rank #7 · Asia · Same as 284 million cars driven for a year a year
Initials from the entity name. Click the row to open the full profile.Japan
284 million
cars driven for a year
1.3 Gt CO₂e
Approximate — depends on local grid.Approximate — depends on local grid.Approximate — varies by species, climate and age of tree.
falling −0.9%/yr
🔥 Japan ranks #7 because its economy — across power, industry, transport and agriculture — released 1.3 Gt of CO₂e in 2024.
This country's place in the global league table of yearly CO₂e.Average emissions per person, per year.How much of this country's emissions traces to a named owner.World Bank, 2024.AsiaContinent
Climate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.
#7 of 250
Top emitters here
5JERA Co Inc= 27.1M cars/yr125 Mt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.15Nippon Steel Corp= 14M cars/yr64.4 Mt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.38Electric Power Development Co Ltd= 8.2M cars/yr37.6 Mt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.42JFE Steel Corp= 7.8M cars/yr35.8 Mt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.68Tohoku Electric Power Co Inc= 6.3M cars/yr29 Mt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.
Show all top emitters (37)
109Kyushu Electric Power Co Inc= 4.7M cars/yr21.5 Mt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.123Kansai Electric Power Co= 4.5M cars/yr20.5 Mt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.130Kobelco Power Kobe Inc= 3.3M cars/yr15.4 Mt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.183Shikoku Electric Power Co Inc= 1.9M cars/yr8.5 Mt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.184The Chugoku Electric Power Co Inc= 3.9M cars/yr18.1 Mt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.262Hokuriku Electric Power Co= 2.7M cars/yr12.3 Mt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.275Hokkaido Electric Power Co Inc= 2.4M cars/yr11.1 Mt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.352Soma Kyodo Power Co Ltd= 1.8M cars/yr8.2 Mt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.356Kobe Steel Ltd= 1.6M cars/yr7.4 Mt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.399Mitsubishi UBE Cement Corp= 1M cars/yr4.8 Mt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.478ENEOS Corp= 1.7M cars/yr7.9 Mt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.495Idemitsu Kosan Co Ltd= 1.3M cars/yr5.9 Mt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.519Joban Joint Power Co Ltd= 1.2M cars/yr5.5 Mt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.520Nakoso IGCC Power GK= 1.2M cars/yr5.5 Mt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.549Hirono IGCC Power GK= 1.1M cars/yr5 Mt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.610Okinawa Electric Power Co Inc= 905k cars/yr4.2 Mt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.633Sakata Kyodo Power Co Ltd= 842k cars/yr3.9 Mt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.709Kashima Kyodo Electric Power Co Ltd= 699k cars/yr3.2 Mt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.751Kimitsu Cooperative Thermal Power Co= 632k cars/yr2.9 Mt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.773Kyushu Co-operative Power Company Co Ltd= 595k cars/yr2.7 Mt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.784Tosoh Corp= 579k cars/yr2.7 Mt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.932Setouchi Joint Thermal Power Co Ltd= 446k cars/yr2.1 Mt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.947Cosmo Oil= 422k cars/yr1.9 Mt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.966Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co Ltd= 429k cars/yr2 Mt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.998Kashima Power Co Ltd= 402k cars/yr1.9 Mt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.999Ogishima Power Co Ltd= 395k cars/yr1.8 Mt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.1010Fukushima Gas Power= 382k cars/yr1.8 Mt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.1020Sumitomo Joint Electric Power Co Ltd= 361k cars/yr1.7 Mt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.1091Kobelco Power Moka Inc= 341k cars/yr1.6 Mt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.1224Osaki CoolGen Corp= 229k cars/yr1.1 Mt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.1232Tokuyama Corp= 224k cars/yr1 Mt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.1233Shunan Power Corp= 224k cars/yr1 Mt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.
Largest sites
| Asset | Sector | Annual emissions | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hekinan power station | Power | 16.3 Mt | medium |
| JFE West Japan Works (Fukuyama) steel plant | Manufacturing | 15.6 Mt | very low |
| Kobe power station | Power | 15.4 Mt | very low |
| Nippon East Japan Works (Kimitsu) steel plant | Manufacturing | 15.2 Mt | very low |
| Hitachinaka power station | Power | 14.7 Mt | medium |
| JFE West Japan Works (Kurashiki) steel plant | Manufacturing | 14.5 Mt | medium |
| Nippon Kyushu Works (Oita Area, Oita) steel plant | Manufacturing | 14.4 Mt | very low |
| Matsuura Kyushu power station | Power | 14.2 Mt | medium |
| Misumi power station | Power | 11.1 Mt | medium |
| Haramachi power station | Power | 11.1 Mt | medium |
| Nakoso power station | Power | 10.9 Mt | very low |
| Hirono Thermal power station | Power | 10 Mt | medium |
| Noshiro power station | Power | 10 Mt | medium |
| Nippon East Japan Works (Kashima) steel plant | Manufacturing | 9.9 Mt | very low |
| Sodegaura thermal power station | Power | 9.1 Mt | very low |
Trend
National total, 2016–2024. Source: Climate TRACE. Japan is falling at −0.9% year on year.
Getting better — based on the last 9 years of measured data.
What we know · what we don't
How sure we are about the measurement. A low score doesn't lower the polluter's rank — it just shows the data is fuzzier.How much of this country's emissions traces to a named owner.
Confidence reflects how completely Climate TRACE has measured this country’s emissions; coverage shows the share of those emissions we can tie to a named owner. Both feed the 0–100 Climate Damage Score above. Untraced emissions are real — they just don’t yet have a named owner in the open datasets we use.
Where this comes from
Climate TRACE · CC BY 4.0 · World Bank — population