Press Release

December 28, 2007

• Nature & Parks
  Public Comments Invited regarding Drafted Contents of Necessary Orders for Implementation of the Law on Special Countermeasures to Prevent Damage to Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Industry, etc. Caused by Wildlife

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December 27, 2007

• Air & Transportation
  Results of Public Comments Regarding "Draft Public Notice on Partial Revision of Public Notice for Necessary Matters Concerning Regulations of Non-road Special Motor Vehicles"
• Air & Transportation
  Middle Report on Photochemical Oxidants and Troposphere Ozone Compiled.
• Nature & Parks
  Standards for Breeding and Raising 12 varieties including Anolis Equestris, designated as Invasive Alien Species (IAS) under the Invasive Alien Species Act
• Environmental Policy
  Prediction of Pollen Diffusion for the Coming Spring

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December 26, 2007

• Global Environment
  Public Comments invited regarding the "Final Draft Report for Evaluation and Revision of the Kyoto Protocol Target Achievement Plan"
• Water & Soil
  Invitation for Submissions of the 'Simple Method', to be Introduced as a Metrology for Dioxins Contained in Soil and Bottom Sediment.

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December 21, 2007

• Water & Soil
  Results of the Water Quality Survey of Public Water Area for FY2006

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December 20, 2007

• Air & Transportation
  Status of Motor Vehicle Traffic Noise during FY 2006
• Nature & Parks
  "The Ryukyu Island Arc - Nature Forum, 2008 in Iriomote Island" to be held

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December 18, 2007

• Water & Soil
  Enforcement Status of the Law Concerning Special Measures against Dioxins for FY2006
• Water & Soil
  Dioxins Emission Inventory for 2006
• Water & Soil
  Environmental Survey of Dioxins in FY 2006

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December 17, 2007

• Global Environment
  Cabinet Decision on Amendments to the Cabinet Order for Implementation of the Law Concerning Protection of the Ozone Layer through Control of Specified Substances and Other Measures
• Environmental Policy
  FY 2008 Tax Reform Pertinent to the Ministry of the Environment

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December 13, 2007

• Health & Chemicals
  Results of Medical Data Examination for Acknowledgment of Designated Diseases under the Act on Asbestos Health Damage Relief
• Environmental Policy
  Exhibition, Ceremony and Reception held for Prize-winning Works from Eco-Products 2007.

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December 12, 2007

• Water & Soil
  Permissible Limits of Motor Vehicle Exhaust Emissions

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December 11, 2007

• Nature & Parks
  Crested Ibis' from China arrive at Sado Toki Conservation Center on November 19 2007 from quarantine: Twenty go to Acclimatization Facility, and Four to Tama Zoological Park

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December 07, 2007

• Health & Chemicals
  Third Meeting of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee Held
• Health & Chemicals
  Results concerning the Medical Data Examination for Acknowledgment of Designated Diseases under the Act on Asbestos Health Damage Relief

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December 06, 2007

• Water & Soil
  Cabinet Decision to be Made on Status of Lake Hachiro as a Designated Lake
• Environmental Policy
  Cabinet Decision on the Basic Policy for the Law concerning the Promotion of Contracts Considering Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions by the State and Other Entities.

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December 04, 2007

• Air & Transportation
  Results of the FY2006 Survey on the Quality of Fuel to be used in Non-road Special Motor Vehicles

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December 03, 2007

• Health & Chemicals
  Results of the 5th Workshop on Environmental Monitoring of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in East Asian Countries
• Nature & Parks
  IYOR 2008 Opening Event/Collecting Ideas for the Main Mascot's Name and Secondary Mascot's Designs
• Water & Soil
  Report on FY 2005 and 2006 Investigation of Brominated Dioxins Sources
• Air & Transportation
  Sticker system for cars conforming to Emission Standard of Automobile NOx/PM Law

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