Summary/Abstract
This paper examines whether the key roles and elements of Strategic Environmental Assessments (SEA) and Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA) in response to long-term management are being covered in the current CCS law in Japan. The paper creates a novel framework of legal analysis, an application of the framework that articulates insights into Japan’s legal issues, and a set of potentially useful lessons for the future design of policy and legal framework for CCS projects.