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Tokutaro Nakai

Director-General for Environmental Policy, Ministry of the Environment, Japan

Tokutaro Nakai has extensive work experience in Ministries.

He first entered the Ministry of Finance. Mainly working at Budget Bureau, he moved to work at the Toyama prefectural office. During his work there, he also helped promote studies on the Japan Sea. After that, he served several prominent positions such as Director at Public Relations, Financial Bureau planning officer, and Budget Examiner in charge of budget of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. He was then transferred to the Ministry of the Environment. He also held several eminent director positions in the Environmental Policy Bureau, Policy Planning Division, the Budget and Accounting Division, Minister’s Secretariat, the Personnel Division, Minister’s Secretariat, and the Waste Management and Recycling Department.

Tokutaro Nakai is speaking at the following WCEF2018 session:

Mon 22 October at 14:30 : Building a Sound-Material Cycle Society: Learnings from Japan

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Project

WCEF2018

The World Circular Economy Forum presents the world’s best circular economy solutions and brings together key circular economy thinkers and doers from around the world.

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Topic

A circular economy

Circular economy solutions are needed to safeguard biodiversity and solve the climate crisis. In a circular economy we maintain the value of what we produce through smarter design and shifting from owning products to using services.

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Theme

Sustainability transition

The life, well-being and economy of Finns fully depend on nature. How can we change the way we operate so that we build a good life, successful business and sustainable public finances within the limits of nature’s carrying capacity?

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