Press Release

January 31, 2007

• Nature & Parks
  Surveillance of Wild Birds for Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) Infection in Hyuga City, Miyazaki Prefecture

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January 30, 2007

• Nature & Parks
  Public Comments Invited regarding Approval of Type 1 Use Regulation of Living Modified Organisms

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January 29, 2007

• Global Environment
  Public Comments Invited Regarding the Criteria for Examining the Risk of a Specified Emitter's Rights and Interests Being Injured by the Publication of Information of Its Greenhouse Gas Emissions
• Health & Chemicals
  Final Prediction of the Total Pollen for the Coming Spring
• Nature & Parks
  Inscription of the Ogasawara Islands to the Tentative World Heritage List
• Air & Transportation
  Results of Selection of the Target Verification Technologies for the FY 2006 Pilot Project of the Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) in the Field of Heat-Island Mitigation Technology (Technologies for Reducing Air Conditioning Load by Using Build
• Nature & Parks
  Response to the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Outbreak in Okayama Prefecture (Announcement)
• Waste & Recycling
  The Second Verification Test for the Incineration of Low-Contaminated PCB Wastes

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January 26, 2007

• Health & Chemicals
  The Third Booklet for Understanding the Chemicals Surrounding Us

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January 25, 2007

• Air & Transportation
  Forum on Development and Promotion of EST (Environmentally Sustainable Transport) to Be Held
• Air & Transportation
  Asian Mayors' Policy Dialogue for the Promotion of Environmentally Sustainable Transport in Cities to Be Held

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January 24, 2007

• Nature & Parks
  MOE Officers to be Dispatched for Surveillance of Wild Bird Habitats around the Area with a Possible Outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (Announcement)
• Nature & Parks
  Courtesy Call to the Senior Vice Minister of the Environment Tsuchiya by Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity.

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January 23, 2007

• Air & Transportation
  Public Comments Invited Regarding the Draft Final Report on "Comprehensive Policy on Motor Vehicle Emissions in the Future"
• Global Environment
  Japan-Mongolia Environment Policy Dialogue
• Nature & Parks
  Surveillance of Wild Birds for Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) Infection
• Nature & Parks
  Public Comments Invited Regarding Approval of Type 1 Use Regulation of Living Modified Organisms

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January 22, 2007

• Environmental Policy
  Overview of the Environmental Conservation Expenditure in the FY2007 Budget

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January 19, 2007

• Health & Chemicals
  Result of the Medical Data Examination for Acknowledgment of Designated Diseases under the Act on Asbestos Health Damage Relief
• Nature & Parks
  Numbers of Bears Captured and Cases of Injury to Humans (as of the end of December, 2006)

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January 18, 2007

• Health & Chemicals
  First Announcement of International Symposiums on Chemical Management in the Context of Global Trends

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January 16, 2007

• Global Environment
  Announcement of the FY2006 Stores Receiving Special Commendation for Promoting Energy Saving Products and the Stores Awarded Minister's Prizes

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January 12, 2007

• Nature & Parks
  Test Results for Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in Wild Birds and Actions Taken for the Suspected Cases of HPAI in Japan in Response to its Outbreak in Korea (Announcement)

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January 11, 2007

• Nature & Parks
  Tokyo Metropolitan Area Nature Trail Development Plan Modified
• Air & Transportation
  The Expansion Working Group (WG) Meeting of the FY 2006 Pilot Project of the Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) in the Field of Heat-Island Mitigation Technology (Technologies for Reducing Air Conditioning Load by Using Building Envelope Systems)
• Air & Transportation
  The Expansion Working Group (WG) Meeting of the FY 2006 Pilot Project of the Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) in the Field of VOC Treatment Technology (for Medium and Small Scale Establishments) to Be Held, and Opinions Invited

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January 09, 2007

• Environmental Policy
  Opinions of the Minister of the Environment on the Environmental Impact Statement for the Tokyo Gaikan Expressway

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