This book includes an analysis of Japan’s challenges in moving toward an environmentally sustainable society.’Part I: Postwar Japan Pollution and the Fukushima Nuclear Accident’ focuses on the history of Japanese pollution after World War II and the situation of the Fukushima nuclear accident. ’Part II: Toward Sustainable Development of Natural Resource-based Economies’ focuses on the agricultural sector. It introduces the current status of environment-friendly production.There is very little information in English that comprehensively introduces the situation in Japan in this field， and the content meets the needs of readers seeking information.