Press Release

September 30, 2008

• Air & Transportation
  The 20th Starry Sky Town, Blue Sky Town National Conference held in Toyota City
• Nature & Parks
  Japan establishes Inter-Ministrial Committee on the Preparations for the CBD/COP10/MOP5 to be held in Japan

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September 26, 2008

• Health & Chemicals
  Action Taken by three Ministries against Violations of the Chemical Substances Control Law
• Water & Soil
  Results of the survey on the enforcement status of the Soil Contamination Countermeasures Law and soil contamination investigations and countermeasures in the 2006 fiscal year

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September 25, 2008

• Water & Soil
  Public Comments Invited Regarding the "Proposal for Registration Withholding Standards of Agricultural Chemicals"

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September 16, 2008

• Nature & Parks
  Public Comments Invited Regarding Changes to the Planning of the Biwako Quasi-National Park
• Air & Transportation
  Poster design contest for the prevention of neighborhood noise
• Air & Transportation
  Results of the Selection of Verification Organizations and an Invitation for Target Verification Technologies for the FY 2008 ETV Project on Heat-Island Mitigation Technology (for Reducing Air Conditioning Loads by using Building Envelope Systems, etc)

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September 13, 2008

• Nature & Parks
  Results of the 16th Environment Congress for Asia and the Pacific (ECO ASIA 2008)

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September 09, 2008

• Nature & Parks
  Additional Announcement on the 16th Environmental Congress for Asia and the Pacific (ECO Asia 2008) and the Countdown 2010 Signing Ceremony

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September 08, 2008

• Health & Chemicals
  Results of the Medical Data Examination for Acknowledgment of Designated Diseases under the Asbestos Health Damage Relief Act
• Nature & Parks
  Bilateral Meetings on Migratory Bird held between Japan, Australia, China and the Republic of Korea.

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September 05, 2008

• Nature & Parks
  The Adoption of FY 2008's Projects for the "Promotion and Support of Biodiversity Conservation" (Secondary Offering)

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September 04, 2008

• Health & Chemicals
  Results of the 2nd Tripartite Policy Dialogue on Chemical Management in China, Japan and Korea as held in Seoul, Korea, September 1-3.

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