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Annual Report on the State of the Environment in FY 2003
Part One
Overview: Diffusing the Environmental Techniques and the Environmental Spirit [PDF 93KB]
Introductory Chapter: Toward an Era of Environmental
Revolution [PDF 312KB]
Section 1: Conventional Lifestyle in Pursuit of Convenience and Comfort
Section 2: Signs of the Environmental Revolution
Section 3: Living in the Environmental Century
Chapter One: Life-Enhancing "Environmental Techniques" [PDF 252KB]
Section 1: Environmental Century Made Possible by Techniques
Section 2: Progress in Environmentally Conscious Business Activities
Chapter Two: Life-Enriching "Environmental Spirit" [PDF 362KB]
Section 1: “Environmental Spirit” Nurtured in the Society
Section 2: Consumption and Investment Supporting “Environmental Techniques”
Section 3: Environmental Conservation in Daily Life
Section 4: Environmentally Friendly Community Planning
Chapter Three: In Japan, and Then All over the World [PDF 194KB]
Section 1: A Virtuous Circle for Environment and Economy Beginning with the
Environmental Revolution in Daily Life
Section 2: Promoting Environmental Education: Spirit Nurtured by the Environment
and
the Environment Protected by the Spirit
Section 3: Japan as a Major Player in Formulating International Standards for
the Environment
Section 4: Diffusing the Environmental Techniques throughout the World:
International Environmental Cooperation
Conclusion: Protecting the Global Environment with the Environmental Techniques
and the Environmental Spirit
Part Two
Current Environmental Issues and Environmental Conservation Measures by the
Government [PDF 540KB]
Environmental Conservation Measures to be Implemented in FY 2004