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"Biomass Nippon Strategy" has been revised by the Japanese Cabinet in March 2006, and it will be soon the year of 2008, the primal appointed implementation period of Kyoto Protocol.

Under the urgent and serious circumstances due to the global warming, various efforts have been undertaken to reduce dependence on fossil resources all over the world. In Japan, also, introduction of biofuels into transportation sector has been carried out, for instance, in Tokyo metropolitan district, aiming at "500,000kl (crude oil equivalent), by 2010".

Under these circumstances, BioFuels World 2007 was successfully held last summer at Pacifico Yokohama for exploring the future prospects of biofuels. However, due to ever-changing situations in biofuels and amplified climate changes, urgent action is further necessary to be taken. Thus, we need to establish new control policies and agenda for "Post-Kyoto Protocol". In addition, an increasing attention has been drawn to an enormous amount of biomass in Southeast Asia, as the use of biofuels is being expanded. Although biomass resources are renewable and carbon-neutral, it would be as exhaustible as in fossil resources, unless it is effectively and comprehensively utilized under a long-range planning.