Press Release

August 31, 2006

• Air & Transportation
  MOE Invites Proposals for a Fragrant Town Project
• Minister's Secretariat
  Evaluation Report of Environmental Policy for FY2005.
• Global Environment
  Month for Promoting Ozone Layer Protection Action
• Health & Chemicals
  The Report on the Collection of Contributions from Business Operators as Appropriations for the Payment of Relief Benefit

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August 30, 2006

• Global Environment
  Submission of Report on Japan's Assigned Amount of GHG Emissions Pursuant to the Kyoto Protocol

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August 29, 2006

• Environmental Policy
  Fifth Workshop on Environmental Partnership

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August 28, 2006

• Waste & Recycling
  National Convention for the Promotion of the 3Rs to be Held
• Health & Chemicals
  "Joint Workshop on Environmental Monitoring of Persistent Organic Pollutants in East Asian Countries and UNEP/GEF Project on Assessment of the Existing Capacity and Capacity Building Needs to Analyse POPs in Developing Countries", September 20-22, Kyoto

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August 25, 2006

• Nature & Parks
  Public Comments Invited regarding Changes to Geographical Coverage and Planning of National and Quasi-National Parks

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August 22, 2006

• Waste & Recycling
  FY 2005 Dissemination Status of Wastewater Treatment Facilities
• Nature & Parks
  Handling of Additional "Invasive Alien Species" Specified on Gazette
• Waste & Recycling
  FY 2005 Dissemination Status of Johkasou, On-Site Treatment System of Domestic Effluent
• Waste & Recycling
  Status of Improper Disposal of Sulfate Pitch (Second Half of FY 2005)

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August 21, 2006

• Global Environment
  "Asia-Pacific Consultations on Climate Regime Beyond 2012 - South Asia" Held in Delhi
• Nature & Parks
  Public Comments Invited regarding the Renewal of Designation of Special Protection Areas within National Wildlife Protection Areas in FY 2006

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August 11, 2006

• Global Environment
  Report on the Diffusion of Eco-fuels for Heat Generation

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August 10, 2006

• Environmental Policy
  White Paper on the Environment Cover Page Illustration Contest
• Global Environment
  UNEP Special Envoy Tokiko Kato to Visit Borneo
• Waste & Recycling
  Selection of New Eco-community Projects to Establish a Sound Material-Cycle Society
• Water & Soil
  'Twentieth National Conference of the Liaison Council of Municipalities for Water Environment Conservation' and the 'Exquisite and Well-conserved Waters Summit "Tenkawa"'
• Health & Chemicals
  Invitation for Public Comments on the Report regarding the Reduction of the Unintentional Contaminant, HCB, in TCPA and Solvent Red 135

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August 08, 2006

• Global Environment
  Public Comments Invited regarding Amendments to the Enforcement Ordinance of the Law Relating to the Prevention of Marine Pollution and Maritime Disaster

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August 07, 2006

• Air & Transportation
  Enforcement of Amended Air Pollution Control Law and Amendments to the Orders and Regulations of the Amended Air Pollution Control Law
• Environmental Policy
  Opinions of the Minister of the Environment on the Environmental Impact Statement for the Ohno-Taketa Road

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August 03, 2006

• Environmental Policy
  Workshop on Environmental Partnership
• Global Environment
  The Second Plenary Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Forum for Environment and Development in the Second Phase (APFED II) Held

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August 01, 2006

• Air & Transportation
  "Star Watching Network" for the Summer 2006 to be Held
• Global Environment
  The Minister of the Environment's 2006 Commendation for Global Warming Prevention Activity

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