Press Release

January 30, 2009

• Water & Soil
  Results of the survey on the enforcement status of the Soil Contamination Countermeasures Law and soil contamination investigations and countermeasures in the 2007 fiscal year
• Environmental Policy
  Brief announcement on the amount of the budget to go towards environmental preservation matters in FY 2009
• Nature & Parks
  Announcement of the Results of the Testing of Wild Birds for the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) Virus in December, 2008
• Water & Soil
  "Symposium on 50th anniversary of water environment administration" to be held on March 12, 2009

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January 29, 2009

• Nature & Parks
  Japan-Russia and Japan-U.S. Bilateral Migratory Birds Meetings to be Held

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January 26, 2009

• Waste & Recycling
  Summary of Workshop 2009 of the Asian Network for Prevention of Illegal Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Wastes
• Nature & Parks
  Public Comments Invited Regarding the Contents of the Draft of the Ministerial Ordinance on the Rules of Enforcement of the Pet Food Safety Law

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January 23, 2009

• Nature & Parks
  "World Wetlands Day" Celebrations
• Water & Soil
  Public Comments Invited Regarding the "Guidelines for the Evaluation of the Designation Agricultural of Chemicals as Designated Harmless Agricultural Chemicals"

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January 22, 2009

• Air & Transportation
  Report on the Workshop on Countermeasures against Asbestos in Asian Countries in FY 2008
• Air & Transportation
  Eco Car World 2009 (Low Emission Vehicle Fair) to be held

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January 16, 2009

• Nature & Parks
  Public Comments Invited Regarding the Contents of the Draft of the Ministerial Ordinance on the Standards and Specifications of Pet Food

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January 15, 2009

• Air & Transportation
  Information About the "Workshop on Countermeasures Against Asbestos in Asian Countries"
• Water & Soil
  Public Comments are Invited Regarding the "Proposal for Registration Withholding Standards of Agricultural Chemicals"
• Water & Soil
  Public Comments are Invited Regarding the "Proposal of Registration Withholding Standards of Agricultural Chemicals concerning Water Pollution"

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January 13, 2009

• Waste & Recycling
  Public Comments are Invited Regarding the Draft Report of the first annual review of progress in implementing the second Fundamental Plan for Establishing a Sound Material-Cycle Society

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January 09, 2009

• Nature & Parks
  Announcement of the Results of the Testing of Wild Birds for the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) Virus in November, 2008

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January 08, 2009

• Air & Transportation
  On the Holding of an Expansion Working Group (WG) Meeting for the FY 2008 Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) Project in the Field of VOC Treatment Technologies and an Invitation for Opinions.
• Nature & Parks
  Invitation FY 2009's Projects for "The Promotion and Support of Biodiversity Conservation"

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