Opening ceremony of 'Higashi-matsushima Smart Disaster-resilient Eco-Town' (12 June, 2016)
Minister Marukawa attended the opening ceremony of 'Higashi-matsushima Smart Disaster-resilient Eco-Town,' where energy is aimed to be both produced and
consumed locally with use of renewable energy under the initiative of the Ministry of the Environment.
Ribbon cutting ceremony
The opening remarks by Minister Marukawa
Visited the Eco-Town with Mayor of Higashimatsushima City
The ceremony for the 20th anniversary of The Sino-Japan Friendship Center for Environmental Protection (7 - 8 June, 2016)
Minister Marukawa visited China to attend the event commemorating the 20th anniversary of the foundation of the Sino-Japan Friendship Center for Environmental Protection and hold a talk with Mr. Chen, Chinese Minister of Environmental Protection. Minister Marukawa also met with Mr. Zhang, the chief of Chinese State Forestry Administration and they signed a memorandum on cooperation between Japan and China in the area of the natural environment.