Abstract
This study presents a comparative assessment on the relationship between economicgrowth, energy demand and the associated environmental impacts in three east Asian countries including Japan, South Korea and China. With rapid economic development, there has been a significant growth of energy consumption and the associated carbon dioxide emissions in these countries, and this trend is expected to become more prominent to wards the next century. In China, inparticular, coal plays an important role as a major primary energy source, and energy intensity of production is notably high. As a result, air pollution control and the stabilization of carbon dioxide emissionin China have become an important policy objective both on the national and international levels. In South Korea also, air and water pollution problems have become visible with its rapid development, and thecurrent environmental conditions are very similar to those in Japan in the late 1960s. Overall, energy demand in South Korea and China exhibit many similarities to those which Japan experienced with its rapid economic growth .
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