What's New Archive

2010

2010.12.27: [News Headline]Public Comments Invited regarding the Approval of Type 1 Use Regulation of Living Modified Organisms (10.12.17); [News Headline]Announcement on the certification system application for business detoxifying waste electrical machinery contaminated by a small amount of PCB (10.12.17); [News Headline]FY 2009 Survey on the Enforcement Status of the Air Pollution Control Act (10.12.17)
2010.12.24: [News Headline]The Status of Motor Vehicle Traffic Noise during FY 2009 (10.12.24)
2010.12.23: [News Headline]Sea surrounding Kabashima Island, Nagasaki selected as candidate area for the floating offshore wind turbine demonstration project (10.12.21)
2010.12.22: [News Headline]Results of FY 2008 General Survey of the Emissions of Air Pollutants (10.12.21); [News Headline]The Third Physical Meeting on Partnership for Action on Computing Equipment (10.12.20); [News Headline]The Expansion Working Group (WG) Meeting of the ETV Project for Heat-Island Mitigation Technologies - Air Conditioning Systems by Ground Source Heat Pumps Using Underground Heat or Wastewater in FY 2010 to be held and an invitation for opinions (10.11.08)
2010.12.21: [News Headline]Social Experiment on "Community Cycle" to be conducted in the City of Hiroshima (10.12.15); [News Headline]The International Workshop on Governance in Asian Protected Areas: Follow-up on the Aichi Target (Post 2010 Target) and Protected Areas Decision from the CBD/COP10 (10.12.21)
2010.12.20: [News Headline]Biodiversity photo contest "Your message for 'LIFE IN HARMONY'" winners to be announced and its awarding ceremony (10.12.16); [News Headline]Dioxins Emission Inventory for 2009 (10.12.17); [News Headline]Environmental Survey of Dioxins in FY 2009 (10.12.17); [News Headline]Enforcement Status of the Law Concerning Special Measures against Dioxins for FY 2009 (10.12.17)
2010.12.17: [News Headline]Announcement on the partial amendments of the eradication/control measures of Invasive Alien Species (IAS) under the Invasive Alien Species Act (10.12.14); [News Headline]Results of the 13th bilateral meeting on migratory bird agreement between Japan and China, the 15th bilateral meeting on migratory bird agreement between Japan and Australia and the 10th bilateral agreement between Japan and the Republic of Korea (10.12.16)
2010.12.14: [News Headline]The Third Physical Meeting on Partnership for Action on Computing Equipment (10.12.10); [News Headline]Announcement on the approved certification application for PCB-contaminated waste electrical machinery (10.12.13)
2010.12.13: [News Headline]Public Comments Invited Regarding the "Proposal for the Registration of Withholding Standards for Agricultural Chemicals Concerning Water Pollution" (10.12.10)
2010.12.10: [News Headline]Public Comments Invited Regarding the "Proposal for the Registration of Withholding Standards for Agricultural Chemicals" (10.12.10); [News Headline]MOE's reaction against the dumping of the dredged material outside the designated area (10.12.09)
2010.12.09: [News Headline]Closing Event for the International Year of Biodiversity to be held (10.12.07)
2010.12.08: [News Headline]Result of the Joint Workshop on Enhancement of Environmental Management Capacity in Vietnam (10.11.30); [News Headline]Status of Fluorocarbon Recovery from Commercial Freezers/Air Conditioners in FY 2009 (10.12.06)
2010.12.06: [News Headline]The selection of target verification technologies for the Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) Project in the Field of Organic Wastewater Treatment Technologies for Small-Scale Establishments in FY 2010 (10.11.09)
2010.12.03: [News Headline]Public Comments on the draft of the revision of the designated procurement items and their evaluation criteria under the Law concerning the Promotion of Procurement of Eco-Friendly Goods and Services by the State and Other Entities (10.12.03)
2010.12.02: [News Headline]Seminar on Invasive Alien Species -follow up of CBD-COP10- held by the MOE (10.12.02)
2010.11.30: [News Headline]Annual Report on the Environment in Japan 2011 for Children Released (10.11.26); [News Headline]Announcement on the publishing of the "Approaches to Climate Change Adaptation" (10.11.24)
2010.11.26: [News Headline]Workshop on Transition towards Low Carbon Societies in Thailand and Asia - Dialogue between policy makers and researcher and cross-sectoral approach (10.11.25); [News Headline]The 13th bilateral meeting on migratory bird agreement between Japan and China, the 15th bilateral meeting on migratory bird agreement between Japan and Australia and the 10th bilateral agreement between Japan and the Republic of Korea (10.11.25); [News Headline]Enforcement Status of Water Pollution Related Laws in FY 2009 (10.11.26); [News Headline]Results of the FY 2009 Water Quality Survey of Public Water Areas (10.11.26)
2010.11.25: [News Headline]Issuance of notice to Designated Investigation Institutions based on the Soil Contamination Countermeasures Act about ensuring reliable Soil Contamination Investigations (10.11.16); [News Headline]Joint Workshop on Enhancement of Environmental Management Capacity in Vietnam to be held on the 25th-26th of November, 2010, in Hanoi, Vietnam (10.11.18)
2010.11.22: [News Headline]Announcement: FY 2010 Award for Implementation of Measures to Reduce VOC Emissions (10.11.19); [News Headline]Announcement on the launching of the "Asian Co-benefits Partnership" (10.11.15)
2010.11.16: [News Headline]Submitting the supplementary information to the IUCN regarding the nomination of the "Ogasawara Islands" for the inscription on the World Heritage List (10.11.15)
2010.11.11: [News Headline]Result of the FY 2008 Survey of the Implementation of the Agricultural Land Soil Pollution Prevention Act (10.09.30)
2010.11.10: [News Headline]Results of the Public Comments Invited in Regard to the Draft of the Proposed Revisions of the Environmental Quality Standard for Soil and the Requirements for Designating a Countermeasure Area for Agricultural Land Soil Pollution (10.05.18); [News Headline]MOE Asks the Food Safety Commission for the Assessment of the Effect of Food on Health Pertaining to Cadmium (10.04.20); [News Headline]FY 2006 and FY 2007 Status of Industrial Waste Treatment Facilities and Licensed Business Operators (10.11.04)
2010.11.08: [News Headline]Inclusion of Furen-ko and Shunkuni-tai in the East Asian - Australasian Flyway Site Network (10.11.02)
2010.11.04: [News Headline]Biodiversity Photo Contest: Your message for "LIFE IN HARMONY" (10.10.14)
2010.11.02: [News Headline]Eco Drive Promotion Month: Start Eco-driving to Save the Earth and Money (10.10.29); [News Headline]Senior Vice-Minister of the Environment, Shoichi Kondo, to attend the Informal Ministerial Consultations (Pre-COP) (10.11.02); [News Headline]Public Comments for the Notice on the Result of the examination on the Noxious Liquid Substance based on the Law related to the Prevention of Marine Pollution and Maritime Disaster (10.11.01)
2010.10.29: [News Headline]Cabinet Decision on the new Japanese bill of the "Basic Act on Global Warming Countermeasures" (10.10.08)
2010.10.26: [News Headline]The Expansion Working Group (WG) Meeting of the Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) Project in the Field of Organic Wastewater Treatment Technologies for Small-Scale Establishments in FY 2010 to be held and an invitation for opinions (10.10.25); [News Headline]Results of the 8th Workshop on Environmental Monitoring of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in East Asian Countries (10.09.24); [News Headline]The 22nd Starry Sky Town, Blue Sky Town National Conference to be held in Hokuto City (10.10.22)
2010.10.25: [News Headline]"Action Plan for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Socio-ecological Production Landscapes (Satochi-satoyama)"compiled (10.09.16); [News Headline]FY 2007 Annual Report of Environmental Health Surveillance for Air Pollution (10.02.23)
2010.10.20: [News Headline]Results of the COP-MOP 5 to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (10.10.15)
2010.10.19: Annual Report on the Environment, the Sound Material-Cycle Society and the Biodiversity in Japan 2010
2010.10.18: [News Headline]The Current Status of Fine Particulate Matter (PM2.5) and Vision for the Future to be held (10.09.27); [News Headline]The Expansion Working Group (WG) Meeting of the ETV Project for Heat-Island Mitigation Technologies to Reduce Air Conditioning and Other Loads by Using Building Envelope Systems in FY 2010 to be held and an invitation for opinions (10.10.14); [News Headline]COP 10 side-events on invasive alien species held by the MOE (10.10.15)
2010.10.14: [News Headline]Announcement on the approval for the certification application for detoxifying asbestos waste (10.10.14); [News Headline]The 12th session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action under the Convention (AWG-LCA12) and the 14th session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol (AWG-KP14) held (10.10.12)
2010.10.13: [News Headline]Notice of promulgation of the "Substances designated by the Minister of the Environment based on the decision of MEPC" and the results of the public comments (10.10.12)
2010.10.12: [News Headline]The Cover Page Competition for Annual Report on the Environment, the Sound Material-Cycle Society and the Biodiversity 2011 (10.09.30)
2010.10.06: [News Headline]First Meeting of the Overseas Development based on Japanese model of Environmental Technologies in FY 2010 (10.10.05); [News Headline]Publication of GHG Emission Data of FY 2008 by Mandatory Greenhouse Gas Accounting and Reporting System based on Act on Promotion of Global Warming Countermeasures (10.06.18)
2010.10.05: [News Headline]COP 10 side-events and exhibition booths to be hosted by the MOE (10.10.04); [News Headline]The official song for COP 10 has been decided (10.09.21); [News Headline]Announcement about the Ogasawara Islands Regional Liaison Committee (10.10.01)
2010.10.04: [News Headline]Selection of Potential Ramsar Sites in Japan (10.09.30); [News Headline]Free registration campaign for the electronic manifest system (10.10.04)
2010.10.01: [News Headline]Reinforced Monitoring Activities for Prevention of Illegal Export and Import of Wastes by the Regional Environment Offices during the Reduce, Reuse and Recycle (3R) Promotion Month (10.09.30)
2010.09.29: [News Headline]Result of the Medical Data Examination for Acknowledgment of Designated Diseases under the Act on Asbestos Health Damage Relief (10.09.27)
2010.09.28: [News Headline]Result of China-Japan Joint Workshop on Total Emission Reduction of Nitrogen Oxide (10.09.24)
2010.09.22: [News Headline]The 8th Workshop on Environmental Monitoring of POPs in East Asian Countries to be held (10.09.14); [News Headline]"MOE's Further Actions on Endocrine Disrupting Effects of Chemical Substances"(Press Release) (10.07.06); [News Headline]Measures against Asbestos Contamination of Recycled Crushed Stone (10.09.09)
2010.09.21: [News Headline]Cabinet Decision on the Cabinet Order Partially Amending the Enforcement Ordinance for the Agricultural Land Soil Pollution Prevention Act (Cabinet Order No. 148 of 2010) (10.06.11); [News Headline]Public Notice Partially Amending the Environmental Quality Standard for Soil Contamination (Public Notice of the Ministry of the Environment No.37 of 2010) and related Ministerial Ordinance (10.06.16); [News Headline]Public Comments Invited regarding the designation of the period for regulation, the limit number of visitors and other rules about the Shiretoko National Park Shiretokogoko Regulated Utilization Area (10.09.02)
2010.09.16: [News Headline]Public Comments Invited regarding the Guidebook for appropriate location of wind power generation facilities concerning bird strike etc. (10.09.16); [News Headline]FY 2009 Dissemination Status of Wastewater Treatment Facilities (10.08.27); [News Headline]FY 2009 Dissemination Status of Johkasoh - an On-Site Treatment System for Domestic Effluent (10.08.27); [News Headline]Cooperative development project of wastewater treatment facilities (10.08.27); [News Headline]FY 2009 Survey Results of Water Pollution by Agricultural Chemicals Used at Golf Courses (10.09.16)
2010.09.15: [News Headline]Publication of the FY 2009 Annual Report on Ozone Layer Monitoring (10.08.26); [News Headline]China-Japan Joint Workshop on Total Emission Reduction of Nitrogen Oxide to be held on September 16-17, 2010 in Shanghai (10.09.14); [News Headline]Result of the 4th Meeting of the Vietnam-Japan Joint Study Group for Cooperation Activities on Environmental Management (10.09.10)
2010.09.13: [News Headline]13th meeting of the Network of Organization for Research on Nature Conservation (NORNAC) to be held (10.09.13)
2010.09.10: [News Headline]Public Comments Invited Regarding the "Proposal for the Registration of Withholding Standards for Agricultural Chemicals" (10.09.10); [News Headline]Public Comments Invited Regarding the "Proposal for the Registration of Withholding Standards for Agricultural Chemicals Concerning Water Pollution" (10.09.10)
2010.09.09: [News Headline]Revision of the collaborative conservation plan for Crested Ibis between Japan and China (10.08.24)
2010.09.07: [News Headline]The 4th Meeting of the Vietnam-Japan Joint Study Group for Cooperation Activities on Environmental Management to be held on September 7, 2010 in Hanoi (10.09.06)
2010.09.03: [News Headline]The Evaluation of the Eligibility of Analytical Institutions for Contractual Research Involving the Environmental Measures of Dioxins (for FY 2011) (10.09.03); [News Headline]The selection of target verification technologies for the ETV Project concerning Heat-Island Mitigation Technologies to Reduce Air Conditioning and Other Loads by Using Building Envelope Systems in FY 2010 (10.09.02); [News Headline]The Fifth Meeting of the Regional EST Forum in Asia Held (10.09.02)
2010.08.31: [News Headline]Information about the "Festival of Animal Companionship" for Be Kind to Animals Week (10.08.31); [News Headline]Public Comments for the Notice (The substances designated by the Minister of the Environment based on the decision of MEPC) (10.08.20)
2010.08.23: [News Headline]Information about FY 2010 Commendation for Animal protection and management (10.08.20); [News Headline]Result of the Medical Data Examination for Acknowledgment of Designated Diseases under the Act on Asbestos Health Damage Relief (10.08.19); [News Headline]The Upcoming Fifth Meeting of the Regional EST Forum in Asia (10.08.20)
2010.08.20: [News Headline]Publication of "The Manual of the Action Plan for Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction in Local Government Operations - Abridged Version (1st Edition)" and information sessions for the Non-Designated Municipalities (10.08.02); [News Headline]GOSAT (IBUKI) Third Research Announcement (RA) (10.08.20)
2010.08.12: [News Headline]Basic Policy for Adjusting Cost Estimation Policies for FY 2011 Environmental Conservation Expenses (10.08.10); [News Headline]The selection of target verification technologies for the ETV Project on Heat-Island Mitigation Technologies - Air Conditioning Systems by Ground Source Heat Pumps Using Underground Heat or Wastewater in FY 2010 (10.08.03); [News Headline]Selection of verification organizations and invitation for target verification technology submissions for ETV Project concerning Heat-Island Mitigation Technologies to Reduce Air Conditioning and Other Loads by Using Building Envelope Systems in FY 2010 (10.07.09); [News Headline]Report on Tests Results for the ETV Project on Heat-Island Mitigation Technologies - Air Conditioning Systems by Ground Source Heat Pumps Using Underground Heat or Wastewater in FY 2009 (10.06.29); [News Headline]The selection of verification organizations and invitation for target verification technology submissions for the ETV Project in the Field of Organic Wastewater Treatment Technologies for Small-Scale Establishments in FY 2010 (10.06.24); [News Headline]Public Comments Invited regarding the Designation of National Wildlife Protection Area, etc. in FY 2010 (10.08.09)
2010.08.11: [News Headline]Results of the 11th session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action under the Convention (AWG-LCA 11) and the 13th session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol (AWG-KP 13) (10.08.09)
2010.08.10: [News Headline]Review meeting of the Ramsar candidate site to be held (10.08.10); [News Headline]Second meeting of the "National Committee for IYB" to be held (10.08.05); [News Headline]Public Comments Invited regarding the Approval of Type 1 Use Regulation of Living Modified Organisms (10.08.10)
2010.08.09: [News Headline]Public comments invited regarding the draft and the recruitment of subtitle idea of the "Action Plan for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Socio-ecological landscapes (Satochi-satoyama)" (10.07.26); [News Headline]Public Comments Invited Regarding the "Proposed Revision of Provisional Guidelines for Prevention of Water Pollution by Agricultural Chemicals Used in Golf Courses" (10.08.09)
2010.08.06: [News Headline]Public Comments Invited Regarding the "Proposal for the Registration of Withholding Standards for Agricultural Chemicals" (10.08.06); [News Headline]Public Comments Invited Regarding the "Proposal for the Registration of Withholding Standards for Agricultural Chemicals Concerning Water Pollution" (10.08.06)
2010.08.05: [News Headline]The Promulgation of the Ministerial Ordinance to amend a part of the Enforcement Regulation of Air Pollution Control Law and the Results of the Public Comments Regarding the Drafts (10.08.04)
2010.08.04: [News Headline]Japan-China Cooperation on Environment on the outcome of the Transfer Ceremony of the Model Projects on Decentralized Waste Water Treatment System (10.07.29); [News Headline]Cabinet Decision on partial amendments to the Cabinet Order for enforcement order of Air Pollution Control Law (10.07.30)
2010.08.02: [News Headline]The 19th Asia-Pacific Seminar on Climate Change, July 20-22, 2010 in Kitakyusyu, Japan (10.07.23); [News Headline]Application Guidebook for the FY 2010 Contributor of the VOC Voluntary Emissions-Reduction Programs (10.07.30); [News Headline]Children's Day for Visiting Kasumigaseki 2010 (10.08.02)
2010.07.29: [News Headline]Result of the Medical Data Examination for Acknowledgment of Designated Diseases under the Act on Asbestos Health Damage Relief (10.07.26); [News Headline]Winners of the poster design contest for 'Be Kind to Animals' Week (10.07.22)
2010.07.28: [News Headline]Publication of Provisional Guidelines related to Soil Contamination (10.07.23); [News Headline]"The Symposium for Greenhouse Gases Observation from Space" to be held (10.07.13)
2010.07.22: [News Headline]"International Youth Conference on Biodiversity in Aichi 2010" to be held (10.07.20); [News Headline]Notice on the Implementation of Examination for Engineering Manager of soil contamination investigation 2010 (10.07.13)
2010.07.21: [News Headline]Brief Report of the 8th Workshop on Greenhouse Gas Inventories in Asia (WGIA8) (10.07.20); [News Headline]The 3rd Symposium of "Help Conserve the Japanese Wild Orchids", Symposium and Photo Exhibition calling for conservation of nearly extinct Japanese wild orchids (10.07.06)
2010.07.20: [News Headline]Review meeting of the Ramsar candidate site to be held (10.07.20); [News Headline]Star Watching Network - The Implementation of Summer Star Watching for FY 2010 and the Results of Star Watching for FY 2009 (10.07.20); [News Headline]Aggregate of Fluorocarbons Destroyed in FY 2009 (10.07.20); [News Headline]Monitoring Results of Asbestos Concentration in Ambient Air in FY 2009 (10.07.16)
2010.07.16: [News Headline]Achievement Status of the "Countermeasures against Shinkansen Railway Noise above 75dB" for Sanyo Shinkansen (10.07.05); [News Headline]Submitting the Minister's opinion on the policy relating to Motosu City planning area (10.06.17)
2010.07.14: [News Headline]Result of the "Green Wave 2010" (10.07.14); [News Headline]6th International Coral Reef Initiative East Asia Regional Workshop Held (10.07.14)
2010.07.12: [News Headline]Offering a poster design for prevention of neighborhood noise (10.07.12)
2010.07.02: [News Headline]2010 Bathing Beaches Water Quality Survey Results (10.07.02); [News Headline]Quality Assurance and Quality Control Survey of Environmental Measurement and Analysis in FY2010 (10.07.01)
2010.07.01: [News Headline]Result of the Medical Data Examination for Acknowledgment of Designated Diseases under the Act on Asbestos Health Damage Relief (10.06.24)
2010.06.30: [News Headline]Selection of Experts on Protection of Biodiversity Regulations on Genetically Modified Organisms (10.06.29)
2010.06.29: [News Headline]Eighteenth Session of the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-18) (10.05.17)
2010.06.25: [News Headline]6th International Coral Reef Initiative East Asia Regional Workshop to be held (10.06.22)
2010.06.21: [News Headline]GEOC "Eco-Volunteer Day" July 10, 2010 (10.06.18); [News Headline]Announcing the Amendment to the Act on Conservation of Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (10.06.18)
2010.06.17: [News Headline]FY2010 ETV Project - Air Conditioning System's Verification Organization Selection and Invitation (10.06.11); [News Headline]Review meeting of the Ramsar candidate site will be held (10.06.15)
2010.06.16: [News Headline]AWG-LCA10, AWG-KP12, and SB32 Sessions held in Germany (10.06.14)
2010.06.15: [News Headline]Announcement on approved certification application for PCB-contaminated waste electrical machinery (10.06.15)
2010.06.11: [News Headline]Revision of Asbestos Monitoring Manual (10.06.10)
2010.06.09: [News Headline]Public Comments on Changes to Geographical coverage and Planning of Bandai-Asahi National Park (10.06.08); [News Headline]9th Japan-China Joint Committee on Environmental Protection Meeting (10.04.22)
2010.06.08: [News Headline]Information on the 12th Tripartite Environment Ministers Meeting among Korea, China and Japan (10.05.14); [News Headline]Results of the 12th Tripartite Environment Ministers Meeting among Korea, China and Japan (10.05.23)
2010.06.07: [News Headline]Evaluation mission by IUCN for the inscription of the OGASAWARA ISLANDS on the World Heritage List (10.06.04); [News Headline]Minister of the Environment Award for contribution in business, academia, and government (10.05.20)
2010.06.07: [News Headline]Private Sector Engagement Initiative on Biodiversity (10.05.25); [News Headline]Quality Assurance and Quality Control Survey of Environmental Measurement and Analysis FY2009 Brief (10.06.04); [News Headline]Minister's Opinion on Environmental Impact Statement for the Urban Planning Road, Misumi-Masuda-Line (10.05.14)
2010.06.02: [News Headline]The Medical Data Examination Result for Acknowledgment of Designated Diseases on Asbestos Health Damage Relief Act (10.05.27)
2010.06.01: [News Headline]"Manual of the Integrated Pest and Weed Management in Parks and Street Trees" (Announcement) (10.05.31); [News Headline]Promulgation of the Amendment to the Amendment of the Enforcement Regulation of the Effluent Standards (Review of the Provisional Effluent Standards of Boron, Fluoride and Nitrate-N based on the Water Pollution Control Law) (10.06.01); [News Headline]OECD Environmental Performance Review of Japan (10.05.06)
2010.05.28: [News Headline]Publication for designated procurement items of public works projects on Promoting Green Purchasing (10.05.28); [News Headline]Proposals for public works projects applicable in revising the law on Promoting Green Purchasing (10.05.28); [News Headline]Proposals for the procurement items and services applicable in revising the law on Promoting Green Purchasing (10.05.28)
2010.05.27: [News Headline]International Year of Biodiversity Closing Ceremony Committee (tentative title) to be held (10.05.27)
2010.05.24: [News Headline]Amendments to the Enforcement Ordinance of Asbestos Health Damage Relief Law (10.05.21)
2010.05.21: [News Headline]Update on National Committee for IYB (10.05.20); [News Headline]Senior Vice-Minister of the Environment, Issei Tajima, to attend the "Green Wave 2010" (10.05.18); [News Headline]The formulation of a Verification Tests Protocol and Invitation to submit application for Verification Organizations of The ETV Project - Air Conditioning System by Ground Source Heat Pumps Using Underground Heat or Wastewater in FY2010 (10.05.18); [News Headline]The formulation of a Verification Tests Protocol and Invitation to submit application for Verification Organizations of The ETV Project in the Field of Organic Wastewater Treatment Technologies for Small-Scale Establishments in FY2010 (10.05.14); [News Headline]The formulation of a Verification Tests Protocol and Invitation for apply Verification Organizations of The ETV Project Concerning Heat-Island Mitigation Technologies to Reduce Air Conditioning and Other Loads by Using Building Envelope Systems in FY2010 (10.05.14)
2010.05.20: [News Headline]"Eco Car World 2010" (Low Emission Vehicle Fair): Upcoming Event Announcement (10.05.18)
2010.05.19: [News Headline]Provision of observation results of volcanic eruptions in Iceland and volcanic plume by Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite (GOSAT, "IBUKI") to the Government of United Kingdom (10.04.28)
2010.05.14: [News Headline]Public Comments invited regarding the Draft Report amending a part of the cabinet order for the implementation of the Law for the Conservation of Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (Draft) May 11, 2010 (10.05.11)
2010.05.13: [News Headline]Announcement of the Results of Testing of Wild Birds for Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) Virus in March 2010 (Announcement) (10.04.27); [News Headline]FY 2009 Interim Result of the 41th Annual Census on Waterfowl (Anatidae) Population (10.04.30)
2010.05.12: [News Headline]State of Discharge and Treatment of Municipal Solid Waste in FY2008 (10.04.16)
2010.05.11: [News Headline]Announcement on the approval for the certification application for detoxifying asbestos waste (10.04.30); [News Headline]Launching of Japan Biodiversity Outlook (10.05.10)
2010.05.10: [News Headline]Public Comments Invited regarding the Draft Promotional Strategy on Environmental Research and Technology Development (10.05.07)
2010.05.07: [News Headline]The Public Notices regarding the Amended Enforcement Regulation of the Soil Contamination Countermeasures Law etc., and the Results of the Public Comments Regarding the Draft of the Outline of the Public Notices March 29, 2010 (10.03.29); [News Headline]Public Comments Invited regarding the Changes to Geographical Coverage and Planning of Zao Quasi-National Park (10.04.30)
2010.04.30: [News Headline]Report on Tests Results for the Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) in FY2009 - the ETV Project in the Field of Organic Wastewater Treatment Technologies for Small-Scale Establishments - (10.04.28); [In Focus]Cabinet Decision on the 4th National Biodiversity Strategy of Japan
2010.04.28: [News Headline]"Action Plan for Coral Reef Ecosystems Conservation" compiled (10.04.27)
2010.04.27: [News Headline]The Air Pollution Prediction System on the Environmental GIS Website Forecasting the concentration of photochemical oxidants etc. in the whole Japan (10.04.27); [News Headline]Publication of the "Earth for habitats" (10.04.23); [News Headline]Report on Tests Results for the Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) in FY2009 - The ETV Project Concerning Heat-Island Mitigation Technologies to Reduce Air Conditioning and Other Loads by Using Building Envelope Systems - (10.04.26)
2010.04.23: [News Headline]Result of the Medical Data Examination for Acknowledgment of the Designated Diseases under the Act on Asbestos Health Damage Relief (10.04.22); [News Headline]Commemorative event for the International Year of Biodiversity to be held (10.04.19)
2010.04.21: [News Headline]Public Comments Invited regarding the Changes to Planning for Hakusan National Park (10.04.20); [News Headline]Public Comments Invited regarding the Changes to Planning for Joshin'etsukogen National Park (10.04.20)
2010.04.20: [News Headline]Results of the Workshop on Asbestos Management in Asian Countries in FY 2009 (Report) (10.04.19); [News Headline]Public Comments Invited regarding the Approval of Type 1 Use Regulation of Living Modified Organisms (10.04.19); [News Headline]Selection of Experts and the Announcement of the Registration of Names of the Experts under the Law Concerning the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biological Diversity through Regulations on the Use of Living Modified Organisms (10.04.19)
2010.04.19: [News Headline]Economic Survey of Environmental Industries (tentative name) Preliminary Report (10.04.14)
2010.04.16: [News Headline]Japan's National Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Fiscal Year 2008 (The Final Figures) (10.04.15)
2010.04.14: [News Headline]Enhancing the Emission Regulations for Diesel-powered Non-road Special Motor Vehicles (10.03.18); [News Headline]Results of the Public Comments on the Draft partially amending the Enforcement Regulation for the Act on Regulation, Etc. of Emissions from Non-road Special Motor Vehicles (10.03.18); [News Headline]The 9th session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action under the Convention (AWG-LCA9) and the 11th session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol (AWG-KP11) (10.04.13)
2010.04.13: [News Headline]Public Comments Invited regarding the "Draft Manual of the Integrated Pest and Weed Management in Parks, Street Trees, etc" (10.04.12)
2010.04.12: [News Headline]Publication of the Environmental Statistics 2010 (10.04.09); [News Headline]Symposium on the Launching of the Global Biodiversity Outlook 3 (GBO3) and the Japan Biodiversity Outlook (JBO), entitled "Current Status of Biodiversity - Life in Harmony, into the Future" (10.04.09)
2010.04.09: [News Headline]Report on FY 2007 and 2008 Investigation of Brominated Dioxins Sources (10.04.06); [News Headline]Announcement on the certification system application for businesses detoxifying asbestos wastes (10.04.07)
2010.04.07: [News Headline]Public Comments Invited Regarding the "Proposal for the Registration of Withholding Standards for Agricultural Chemicals" (10.04.06)
2010.04.06: [News Headline]Public Comments Invited regarding the plan to amend the Amendments to the Enforcement Regulation of the Effluent Standards (10.04.05); [News Headline]Amendments to the Enforcement Regulation of the Soil Contamination Countermeasures Law, etc. and the Results of Public Comments regarding the Draft of the outline of those Amendments (10.03.26)
2010.04.05: [News Headline]The selection of Verification Management Organization of the ETV Project concerning Heat-Island Mitigation Technologies to Reduce Air Conditioning and Other Loads by Using Building Envelope Systems in FY2010 (10.04.01); [News Headline]The selection of Verification Management Organization of the Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) Project in the Field of Organic Wastewater Treatment Technologies for Small-Scale Establishments in FY2010 (10.04.01)
2010.04.02: [News Headline]Inviting Public Comments regarding the Ministerial Ordinance to amend a part of the Enforcement Ordinance of Air Pollution Control Act (10.03.23)
2010.03.31: [News Headline]Public Comments Invited regarding the Approval of Type 1 Use Regulation of Living Modified Organisms (10.03.30); [News Headline]Summary of import/export of wastes under the Waste Management Law in 2009 (10.03.30); [News Headline]Summary of import/ export of hazardous wastes under the Basel Convention and its domestic laws in 2009 (10.03.30)
2010.03.30: [News Headline]Public Comments Invited Regarding the "Proposal for the Registration of Withholding-Standards for Agricultural Chemicals Concerning Water Pollution" (10.03.30); [News Headline]Announcement of the Summary Result of CoP15 to CITES (10.03.26); The Asian Network for Prevention of Illegal Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Wastes; Japan's Activities for the Basel Convention
2010.03.29: [News Headline]Result of the Medical Data Examination for Acknowledgment of Designated Diseases under the Act on Asbestos Health Damage Relief (10.03.25)
2010.03.26: [News Headline]Survey Results of the Environmental Investment by Businesses (10.03.19); [News Headline]Sino-Japan Low-Carbon Society Forum 2010 (2nd press release) (10.03.18); [News Headline]"The International Year of Biodiversity 2010 Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden Green Festival" (10.03.25)
2010.03.25: [News Headline]Cabinet Decision on the Bill partially amending the Environmental Impact Assessment Law (10.03.19)
2010.03.23: [News Headline]Winners of the Cover Page Illustration Contest of the Annual Report on the Environment, the Sound Material-Cycle Society and the Biodiversity 2010 (2010 White Paper) (10.03.19); [News Headline]Results of FY 2008 Comprehensive Survey on Water Pollutant Discharge (10.03.19)
2010.03.20: [News Headline]International Consultative Meeting on Expanding Waste Management Services in Developing Countries to be held (10.03.15)
2010.03.19: [News Headline]Results of the 3rd Meeting of the Vietnam-Japan Joint Study Group for Cooperation Activities on Environmental Management (10.03.18)
2010.03.18: [News Headline]Public Comments Invited regarding the Report on the information required for the assessment of adverse effect on biological diversity of Type 1 use of genetically modified crops. (10.03.16)
2010.03.17: [News Headline]Status of the Johkasou Installation at the end of FY 2008 (10.03.15); [News Headline]Cabinet Decision on the 4th National Biodiversity Strategy of Japan (10.03.16); [News Headline]Public Comments Invited regarding the Changes to Geographical Coverage and Planning of Shiretoko National Park (10.03.16)
2010.03.16: [News Headline]Public Comments Invited regarding the Changes in Planning for Oze National Park (10.03.16)
2010.03.15: [News Headline]Information about holding of "Workshop on Asbestos Management in Asian Countries" (10.03.15); [News Headline]Public Comments Invited regarding the Draft Report on Designated Diseases of Asbestos. (10.03.12)
2010.03.10: [News Headline]The 3rd Meeting of the Vietnam-Japan Joint Study Group for Cooperation Activities on Environmental Management to be held on March 15-16, 2010 in Tokyo (10.03.09)
2010.03.09: [News Headline]CoP15 of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Fauna and Flora (CITES) will be held (Announcement) (10.03.08)
2010.03.08: [News Headline]Seminar on a Co-benefits Approach to be held (10.03.05)
2010.03.05: [News Headline]"Biodiversity EXPO 2010 in Osaka" to be held (10.03.04)
2010.03.04: [News Headline]"Sino-Japan Low-Carbon Seminar 2010"(Tentative) (10.02.22); [News Headline]Honorary Ambassador for the 10th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity appointed (10.03.02); [News Headline]Accusation of Shukushi Trading Corporation against the suspected violation of Waste Management and Public Cleansing Law (10.03.03)
2010.03.02: [News Headline]Lecture on Pet Food and Pet Health (10.02.16); [News Headline]Evaluation Results of the Eligibility of Analytical Institutions for Contractual Research Involving the Environmental Measurement of Dioxins (for FY 2010) (10.03.02); [News Headline]Invitation for Application for Verification Management Organization of the ETV Project in the Field of Organic Wastewater Treatment Technologies for Small-Scale Establishments in FY 2010 (10.03.01); [News Headline]Invitation for Application for Verification Management Organization of the ETV Project concerning Heat-Island Mitigation Technologies to Reduce Air Conditioning and Other Loads by Using Building Envelope Systems in FY 2010 (10.03.01)
2010.03.01: [News Headline]Environmental Communication Awards Ceremony and Environmental Communication Symposium to be held (10.02.09)
2010.02.26: [News Headline]Result of the Public Comments regarding the Draft Report of the Environmental Impact Assessment System discussed in the MOE's Committee and the Central Environment Council Report (10.02.22)
2010.02.25: [News Headline]"Green Wave 2010" launching (10.02.25)
2010.02.24: [News Headline]Result of the Medical Data Examination for Acknowledgment of Designated Diseases under the Act on Asbestos Health Damage Relief (10.02.22); [News Headline]Submission of "Regional support project for establishing a sound material-cycle society 2010" (10.02.09)
2010.02.22: [News Headline]Results of the survey on the enforcement status of the Soil Contamination Countermeasures Law and Soil Contamination Investigations and Countermeasures in FY 2008 (10.02.16); [News Headline]Public Comments Invited regarding the Draft of the Outline of the Public Notice on the Ministerial Ordinance on the Application Procedures of the Permission of the Licensed Business Operator of Contaminated Soil (10.02.12); [News Headline]The 4th FY 2009 Study Group Meeting for Japan Co-benefits Projects in the Field of Wastes Management and Recycling (10.02.22)
2010.02.18: [News Headline]The MOE is inviting comments from a broad spectrum of the public regarding the proposed changes to matters concerning the handling of natural park work and permission in the management plan of Joshinetsukougen National Park and Setonaikai National Park (10.02.16); The Asian Network for Prevention of Illegal Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Wastes
2010.02.17: [News Headline]The 3rd Meeting of the Overseas Development concerning the Japanese model of Environmental Technologies in FY 2009 (10.02.16); [News Headline]Inviting Public comments regarding the draft of the "Action Plan for Coral Reef Ecosystems Conservation" (10.02.16)
2010.02.15: [News Headline]Brief announcement on the amount of the budget to go towards environmental preservation matters in FY 2010 (10.02.05)
2010.02.12: [News Headline]Call for Participants in the "Conference of International Youth on Biodiversity 2010 in Aichi" (10.02.09)
2010.02.10: [News Headline]Results of Public Comments Regarding "Draft Report on the Progress of the Automobile Recycling System" (10.01.29)
2010.02.09: [News Headline] "International symposium for Biodiversity on Economics and Business" to be held (10.02.08)
2010.02.08: [News Headline]Revision of the Basic Policy concerning the Promotion of Contracts Considering Reduction of Emissions of Greenhouse Gases and others by the State and Other Entities (10.02.05); [News Headline]Revision of the Basic Policy for the Promotion of Procurement of Eco-Friendly Goods and Services (10.02.05)
2010.02.05: [News Headline]"International Day for Biological Diversity" and "Green Wave" in 2010 (10.02.04); [News Headline]The State of the Discharge and Treatment of Industrial Waste in FY 2007 (10.01.12); [News Headline]Workshop 2010 of the Asian Network for Prevention of Illegal Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Wastes (10.02.04)
2010.02.04: [News Headline]"Biodiversity EXPO 2010 in Fukuoka" to be held (10.02.04)
2010.02.02: [News Headline]Public Comments Invited regarding the Changes to the Geographical Coverage and Planning of Aichikogen Quasi-National Park (10.02.01); [News Headline]Inclusion of Kejo-numa in the East Asian-Australian Flyway Site Network Inclusion of Kejo-numa in the East Asian-Australian Flyway Site Network (10.02.01); [News Headline]World Wetlands Day 2010 (10.02.01)
2010.02.01: [News Headline]Announcement on the partial amendment of the eradication/control measure of Javan mongoose (Herpestes javanicus), designated as Invasive Alien Species (IAS) under the Invasive Alien Species Act (10.02.01)
2010.01.29: [News Headline]Submitting the nomination of Ogasawara Islands for an inscription on the World Heritage List (10.01.18)
2010.01.28: [News Headline]First meeting of the "National Committee for IYB" to be held (10.01.19); [News Headline]Workshop 2010 of the Asian Network for Prevention of Illegal Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Wastes (10.01.25)
2010.01.27: [News Headline]Result of the Medical Data Examination for Acknowledgment of the Designated Diseases under the Act on Asbestos Health Damage Relief (10.01.26); [News Headline]Public Comments Invited regarding the Draft of the Outline of the Amount of Fee relating to "The Draft Ordinance of the MOE on the Amended Ordinance about the Designated Investigation Institution and the Designated Support Corporation based on the SCCA" (10.01.19)
2010.01.26: [News Headline]The partial amendment of the standard for breeding and raising Banded Mongoose (Mungos mungo) which is designated as Invasive Alien Species (IAS) under the Invasive Alien Species Act and its enforcement regulation (10.01.26)
2010.01.25: [News Headline]The MOE invites target verification technology submissions for the ETV Project on Heat-Island Mitigation Technologies to reduce anthropogenic waste heat from offices and housings - IT Equipment for Green Technology in FY 2009. (10.01.21); [News Headline]Announcement on the approval for the certification application for detoxifying asbestos waste (09.12.25)
2010.01.22: [News Headline]Status of the Photochemical Oxidant Warnings and Reported Damages in 2009 (10.01.22)
2010.01.21: [News Headline]Announcement on the certification system application for businesses detoxifying asbestos wastes (09.12.21); [News Headline]"Global Workshop on the Satoyama Initiative" to be held (10.01.18)
2010.01.20: [News Headline]Opening of the Secretariat for the 10th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (10.01.18); [News Headline]Survey Results of Environmentally Friendly Corporate Behaviors (09.12.25)
2010.01.19: [News Headline]Announcement of the "Seminar on Whole Effluent Toxicity (WET) Program under National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) in USA" (10.01.18); [News Headline]FY 2010 Tax Reform Policy Principle Pertinent to the MOE (09.12.22)
2010.01.08: [News Headline]"Symposium on Monitoring Sites 1000 project" to be held on January 30, 2010 (10.01.08); [News Headline]Senior Vice-Minister of the Environment, Issei Tajima, to attend the official launching of 2010 The International Year of Biodiversity (10.01.07)
2010.01.05: [News Headline]The Status of Motor Vehicle Traffic Noise during FY 2008 (09.12.18)
2010.01.04: [News Headline]International Year of Biodiversity (09.12.28)