Water / Soil / Ground Environment
Press Release
Issues
Marine Litter
- G20 portal site for Actions on Marine Plastic Litter
- Results of G20 Resource Efficiency Dialogue 2019 and follow up of the G20 Implementation Framework for Actions on Marine Plastic Litter
- Harmonization of Microplastics Monitoring Methodologies in the Ocean
Outline of Guidelines for Harmonizing Ocean Surface Microplastic Monitoring Methods[PDF 289KB]
Guidelines for Harmonizing Ocean Surface Microplastic Monitoring Methods[PDF 4.25MB]
More Details... - "2016 New Year Symposium on Marine Litter" was held at Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology on January 23 & 24, 2016.
Water Quality
- Water Environment Partnership in Asia (pamphlet) [PDF 215KB]
- 06.01.31 Ordinance of MOE Stipulating Amended Effluent Standard to Be Enforced
- 05.12.20 Results of the FY 2004 Water Quality Survey of Public Water Areas
- 05.09.27 Enforcement Status of the Water Pollution-related Laws in FY 2004
- 05.07.15 Results of FY 2004 Comprehensive Survey on Water Pollutant Discharge
- 05.07.01 2005 Water Quality Survey Result of Primary Bathing Beaches
- 05.03.18 Enforcement Status of the Water Pollution-related Laws in FY 2003
- 04.12.16 Results of the FY 2003 Water Quality Survey of Public Water Areas
- 04.10.14 Lake Water Study Committee Report
- 03.12.24 State of the Enforcement of the Water Pollution-related Laws in FY 2002
- 04.07.02 2004 Water Quality Survey Result of Primary Bathing Beaches
- 04.07.27 FY 2003 Nationwide Survey on Aquatic Life Forms
- 03.11.27 Results of the FY 2002 Water Quality Survey of Public Water Areas
- 03.08.08 FY 2002 Nationwide Survey on Aquatic Life Forms
- 03.07.04 2003 Water Quality Survey Results for Primary Bathing Beaches
- Environmental Quality Standards for Water Pollution [PDF 1,099KB]
- Water Quality Criteria for Bathing Beaches
- Water and Soil Environmental Management in Japan (pamphlet)
- State of Japan’s Environment at a Glance: Water Pollution
- State of Japan’s Environment at a Glance: Japanese Lake Environment (1996)
- 05.10.12 The 1st International Workshop of the Water Environmental Partnership in Asia (WEPA) Held
- National Effluent Standards
- Legal System to Take Special Measures for The Preservation of Water Quality in Headwaters Areas for The Purpose of Preventing Specific Trouble in The Drinking Water Supply
- Overseas Development Based on Japanese Model of Environmental Technologies
Enclosed Coastal Seas
- Support Project for Introducing Total Pollutant Load Control System (TPLCS) in East Asian Countries
- Guidance for Introducing the Total Pollutant Load Control System (TPLCS) ~Summary~ [PDF 899KB]
- Sato-umi Net
- Link: Enclosed Coastal Seas Database(International EMECS Center)
Groundwater & Ground
- 05.12.20 Overview of Ground Subsidence in Japan in FY 2004
- 05.12.20 Monitoring Results of Groundwater Quality in FY 2004
- 04.12.16 Overview of Ground Subsidence in Japan in FY 2003
- 04.12.16 Monitoring Results of Groundwater Quality in FY 2003
- 03.11.27 Overview of Ground Subsidence in Japan in FY 2002
- 03.11.27 Monitoring Results of Groundwater Quality in FY 2002
- Conservation of Ground Environment
- Environmental Quality Standards for Groundwater Pollution
- State of Japan’s Environment at a Glance: Ground Subsidence
Soil
- Current status of the Brownfields Issue in Japan Interim Report [PDF 109KB]
- The results of the survey on Enforcement Status of the Soil Contamination Countermeasures Act & Numbers and trends of soil contamination investigations and countermeasures in the fiscal year 2004
[full text] [PDF 732KB]
[summary] [PDF 139KB] - Soil Contamination Countermeasures [PDF 359KB]
- Conservation of Soil Environment
- Environmental Quality Standards for Soil Pollution
Agricultural Chemicals
- Manual for the Survey, Excavation and Related lssues regarding Agricultural Chemicals Stored Underground. [PDF 733KB]
- 05.03.15 AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS [PDF 104KB]
- Structure of Agricultural Chemicals Regulation Law
- FY 2018 Survey Results of Water Pollution by Agricultural Chemicals Used at Golf Courses[PDF 520KB]
- FY 2017 Survey Results of Water Pollution by Agricultural Chemicals Used at Golf Courses[PDF 590KB]
- FY 2016 Survey Results of Water Pollution by Agricultural Chemicals Used at Golf Courses[PDF 779KB]
- FY 2015 Survey Results of Water Pollution by Agricultural Chemicals Used at Golf Courses[PDF 593KB]
- FY 2014 Survey Results of Water Pollution by Agricultural Chemicals Used at Golf Courses[PDF 658KB]
- FY 2013 Survey Results of Water Pollution by Agricultural Chemicals Used at Golf Courses[PDF 182KB]
- FY 2012 Survey Results of Water Pollution by Agricultural Chemicals Used at Golf Courses[PDF 145KB]
- FY 2011 Survey Results of Water Pollution by Agricultural Chemicals Used at Golf Courses[PDF 139KB]
- FY 2010 Survey Results of Water Pollution by Agricultural Chemicals Used at Golf Courses[PDF 293KB]
- FY 2009 Survey Results of Water Pollution by Agricultural Chemicals Used at Golf Courses[PDF 198KB]
- FY 2008 Survey Results of Water Pollution by Agricultural Chemicals Used at Golf Courses[PDF 202KB]
- FY 2007 Survey Results of Water Pollution by Agricultural Chemicals Used at Golf Courses[PDF 148KB]
- FY 2006 Survey Results of Water Pollution by Agricultural Chemicals Used at Golf Courses[PDF 50KB]
- FY 2005 Survey Results of Water Pollution by Agricultural Chemicals Used at Golf Courses[PDF 50KB]
- FY 2004 Survey Results of Water Pollution by Agricultural Chemicals Used at Golf Courses
- FY 2003 Survey Results of Water Pollution by Agricultural Chemicals Used at Golf Courses
Radioactive Material Monitoring Surveys of the Water Environment
Laws
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