Press Release

October 31, 2006

• Environmental Policy
  Invitation of New Projects Proposals for FY 2007 Grants of the "Environmental Technology Development Fund"

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October 30, 2006

• Air & Transportation
  "Star Watching Network"- Result of FY 2005 Winter Star Watching
• Global Environment
  Global Environment Research Fund "Symposium on the Impacts of Climate Change on Our Life and the Environment" to Be Held
• Nature & Parks
  International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI) General Meeting Held

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October 27, 2006

• Minister's Secretariat
  Announcement of Decorations in the Autumn of 2006
• Air & Transportation
  Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden "Image Fragrance Contest" Award Ceremony
• Global Environment
  Government's Greenhouse Gas Emissions for FY 2005

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October 26, 2006

• Global Environment
  COP12 & COP/MOP2 Side Event: Global Challenges Toward a Low-Carbon Society (LCS) Through Sustainable Development (SD)
• Air & Transportation
  Results of Selection of the Verification Organizations and Target Verification Technologies Invited to Apply for the FY2006 Pilot Project of the Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) in the Field of VOC Treatment Technology (for Medium and Small Sca

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October 24, 2006

• Minister's Secretariat
  Announcement of Medals of Honour in the Autumn of 2006
• Global Environment
  The Second Intergovernmental Review Meeting of the Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities (GPA)

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October 23, 2006

• Global Environment
  Lifestyle Forum 2006 to be Held

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October 20, 2006

• Nature & Parks
  Public Comments Invited regarding Ministerial Ordinance Partially Amending the Enforcement Regulation for the Wildlife Protection and Hunting Law
• Nature & Parks
  Public Comments Invited regarding Draft Basic Guidelines for Wildlife Protection Projects

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October 19, 2006

• Nature & Parks
  Fourth Consultative Meeting of the Japan-US Migratory Bird Agreement and the 6th Consultative Meeting of the Japan-Russia Migratory Bird Protection Held

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October 17, 2006

• Air & Transportation
  Environmental Radiation Data Website Launched
• Global Environment
  FY 2005 Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Japan (Provisional Data)

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October 16, 2006

• Environmental Policy
  Opinions of the Minister of the Environment on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Ohgishima Power Station
• Global Environment
  Tripartite Environmental Education Workshop & Symposium to be Held
• Nature & Parks
  Central Environment Council Reports on the Renewal of Designation of Gamou/Idoura and Yagaji as Special Protection Areas

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October 13, 2006

• Air & Transportation
  FY 2005 Monitoring Results of Hazardous Air Pollutants
• Environmental Policy
  Four Areas Instructed to Formulate Regional Environmental Pollution Control Programs
• Air & Transportation
  FY 2005 Status of Air Pollution

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October 12, 2006

• Air & Transportation
  Public Comments Invited Regarding the Draft Protocol (the Second Revision) for the Verification Tests on the FY 2006 Pilot Project of the Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) in the Field of Heat-Island Mitigation Technology (Technologies for Reduc
• Nature & Parks
  The 4th U.S.-Japan Migratory Bird Treaty Meeting and the 6th Russia-Japan Consultative Meeting on Migratory Bird Protection and Research to be Held

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October 10, 2006

• Air & Transportation
  Formulation of the Protocol for Verification Tests and Invitation for Verification Organizations to Apply for the FY 2006 Pilot Project of the Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) in the Field of VOC of Treatment Technology (for Medium and Small Sc

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October 06, 2006

• Global Environment
  Budget Request for FY 2007 Environmental Conservation Expenditure
• Global Environment
  Public Comments Invited regarding Amendments to Ordinances and Regulations for Enforcement of the Amended Fluorocarbons Recovery and Destruction Law

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October 05, 2006

• Global Environment
  Partial Amendment to the Enforcement Ordinance of the Law Relating to the Prevention of Marine Pollution and Maritime Disaster
• Global Environment
  Partial Amendment to the Enforcement Ordinance of the Waste Management and Public Cleansing Law
• Nature & Parks
  Enforcement of Amended Wildlife Protection and Hunting Law and Partial Amendment to the Enforcement Ordinance of the Wildlife Protection and Hunting Law

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October 03, 2006

• Air & Transportation
  First Workshop on Reduction of Unintentional POPs in East Asian Countries Concluded

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October 02, 2006

• Health & Chemicals
  2006 International Symposium on Endocrine Disruption

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