Former researches on cost of corrosion in Japan

Yamamoto, Masahiro 

The committee surveying the corrosion losses in Japan was established in 1976, with conjunction of the Japan Society of Corrosion Engineering and the Japan Association of Corrosion Control. The report made by the committee introduced that corrosion loss was estimated to be about 1.8% of GDP (Gross Domestic Product). About quarter century had passed after the first survey, JSCE and JACC made the second surveying committee for the cost of corrosion in Japan in 1998. During that time, Japan's economic circumstances had changed drastically. In this report, results and problems of the former two researches are summarized.