Press Releases

March 30, 2007

• Global Environment
  Guidelines for the Action Plan for Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction in Government Operations
• Implementation Policy for the Strategies for Promoting Environment Research and Technology Development

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March 29, 2007

• Global Environment
  Action Plan for Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction in Government Operations
• Global Environment
  Dust and Sandstorm (DSS) Observation Equipment Installed in Niigata Prefecture
• Water & Soil
  Provisional Effluent Standards of Boron, Fluoride and Nitrate-N for The Water Pollution Control Law after July 2007
• Waste & Recycling
  FY2004 Status of Industrial Waste Treatment Facilities and Licensed Business Operators
• Air & Transportation
  Manual for Continuous Monitoring of Air Pollution (the 5th Edition)

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March 27, 2007

• Nature & Parks
  Announcement of the Results of Testing of Wild Birds for Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) Virus in February 2007

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March 26, 2007

• Health & Chemicals
  Result of the Medical Data Examination for Acknowledgment of Designated Diseases under the Act on Asbestos Health Damage Relief
• Water & Soil
  Results of the FY2006 Environmental Monitoring Questionnaire for Waterside Environment

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March 23, 2007

• Environmental Policy
  Opinions of the Minister of the Environment on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Replacement of No.1 Unit in the Sakaide Thermal Power Station
• Nature & Parks
  Public Comments Invited regarding the Draft First Regular National Report on the Implementation of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety in Japan
• Water & Soil
  Status of Motor Vehicle Traffic Noise in FY 2005
• Nature & Parks
  Announcement of Results of Toxicity Tests on Avian Influenza Subtype H5N1 Virus Detected in a Mountain Hawk Eagle and Conducting of Surveillance of Small Mammals
• Nature & Parks
  Brief Report of the Findings from the Survey on Lives in Paddy Fields and Surrounding Environment: 2006, a Collaborative Project between the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and the Ministry of the Environment

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March 22, 2007

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

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March 20, 2007

• Environmental Policy
  Winners of the 2007 White Paper on the Environment Cover Page Illustration Contest
• Nature & Parks
  Numbers of Bears Captured and Cases of Injury to Humans (as of the end of February, 2007)

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March 19, 2007

• Environmental Policy
  Approval of the Regional Environmental Pollution Control Programs of Four Areas
• Global Environment
  G8 Environment Ministers Meeting Held
• Nature & Parks
  Surveillance of Wild Birds around Sagara-mura, Kumamoto Prefecture

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March 18, 2007

• Nature & Parks
  Announcement of Avian Influenza Subtype H5N1 Virus Detected in a Wild Mountain Hawk Eagle

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March 15, 2007

• Air & Transportation
  FY 2005 Survey on the Enforcement Status of the Air Pollution Control Law
• Nature & Parks
  Comments Invited regarding the Summary of Discussions of the Committee on Revision of the National Biodiversity Strategy of Japan

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March 14, 2007

• Environmental Policy
  Opinions of the Minister of the Environment on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Replacement of the Sendai Thermal Power Station
• Global Environment
  Tripartite Director General Meeting on Dust and Sandstorms among Korea, China, and Japan Held on March 12-13, 2007 in Ulsan, Republic of Korea

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March 13, 2007

• Nature & Parks
  Selection of Experts, and Announcement of the Register of Names of the Experts under the Law Concerning the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Biological Diversity through Regulations on the Use of Living Modified Organisms

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March 09, 2007

• Nature & Parks
  Proposal regarding Designation and Management of National Parks and Quasi-National Parks

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March 08, 2007

• Air & Transportation
  Cabinet Decision on a Bill Partially Amending the Law concerning Special Measures for Total Emission Reduction of Nitrogen Oxides and Particulate Matter from Automobiles in Specified Areas

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March 07, 2007

• Health & Chemicals
  Result of the Medical Data Examination for Acknowledgment of Designated Diseases under the Act on Asbestos Health Damage Relief
• Water & Soil
  Results of the Evaluation of the Eligibility of Analytical Institutions for Contractual Research Involving the Environmental Measurement of Dioxins (for the First Half of FY2007)
• Minister's Secretariat
  Sessions on Global Warming Issues to be Held in Ehime and Kagawa

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March 02, 2007

• Environmental Policy
  Opinions of the Minister of the Environment on the Environmental Impact Statement concerning the Draft New Basic Plan for the Development of Mutsu-Ogawara Area
• Global Environment
  Public Invitation to the Program for the Establishment of a Regional System for Practical Use of Eco-Fuel, FY2007
• Global Environment
  Public Comments Invited regarding the Bill Partially Amending the Ministerial Ordinance on Reporting of Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Specified Emitters
• Nature & Parks
  Announcement of the Results of Testing of Wild Birds for Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) Virus in Shintomi-cho, Miyazaki Prefecture

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March 01, 2007

• Environmental Policy
  Invitation for Public Comments regarding the Draft Guidelines for the Introduction of Strategic Environmental Assessment
• Waste & Recycling
  Cabinet Decision on the Bill Partially Amending the Law for Promotion of Recycling and Related Activities for the Treatment of Cyclical Food Resources
• Nature & Parks
  Bill Partially Amending the Hot Springs Law

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