Press Release

September 30, 2010

• Environmental Policy
  The Cover Page Competition for Annual Report on the Environment, the Sound Material-Cycle Society and the Biodiversity 2011
• Nature & Parks
  Selection of Potential Ramsar Sites in Japan
• Waste & Recycling
  Reinforced Monitoring Activities for Prevention of Illegal Export and Import of Wastes by the Regional Environment Offices during the Reduce, Reuse and Recycle (3R) Promotion Month
• Water & Soil
  Result of the FY 2008 Survey of the Implementation of the Agricultural Land Soil Pollution Prevention Act

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September 27, 2010

• Health & Chemicals
  Result of the Medical Data Examination for Acknowledgment of Designated Diseases under the Act on Asbestos Health Damage Relief
• Air & Transportation
  The Current Status of Fine Particulate Matter (PM2.5) and Vision for the Future to be held

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September 24, 2010

• Air & Transportation
  Result of China-Japan Joint Workshop on Total Emission Reduction of Nitrogen Oxide
• Health & Chemicals
  Results of the 8th Workshop on Environmental Monitoring of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in East Asian Countries

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September 21, 2010

• Nature & Parks
  The official song for COP 10 has been decided

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September 16, 2010

• Nature & Parks
  Public Comments Invited regarding the Guidebook for appropriate location of wind power generation facilities concerning bird strike etc.
• Water & Soil
  FY 2009 Survey Results of Water Pollution by Agricultural Chemicals Used at Golf Courses
• Nature & Parks
  "Action Plan for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Socio-ecological Production Landscapes (Satochi-satoyama)"compiled

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September 14, 2010

• Air & Transportation
  China-Japan Joint Workshop on Total Emission Reduction of Nitrogen Oxide to be held on September 16-17, 2010 in Shanghai
• Health & Chemicals
  The 8th Workshop on Environmental Monitoring of POPs in East Asian Countries to be held

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September 13, 2010

• Nature & Parks
  13th meeting of the Network of Organization for Research on Nature Conservation (NORNAC) to be held

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September 10, 2010

• Water & Soil
  Public Comments Invited Regarding the "Proposal for the Registration of Withholding Standards for Agricultural Chemicals"
• Water & Soil
  Public Comments Invited Regarding the "Proposal for the Registration of Withholding Standards for Agricultural Chemicals Concerning Water Pollution"
• Water & Soil
  Result of the 4th Meeting of the Vietnam-Japan Joint Study Group for Cooperation Activities on Environmental Management

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September 09, 2010

• Waste & Recycling
  Measures against Asbestos Contamination of Recycled Crushed Stone

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September 06, 2010

• Water & Soil
  The 4th Meeting of the Vietnam-Japan Joint Study Group for Cooperation Activities on Environmental Management to be held on September 7, 2010 in Hanoi

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September 03, 2010

• Water & Soil
  The Evaluation of the Eligibility of Analytical Institutions for Contractual Research Involving the Environmental Measures of Dioxins (for FY 2011)

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September 02, 2010

• Water & Soil
  The selection of target verification technologies for the ETV Project concerning Heat-Island Mitigation Technologies to Reduce Air Conditioning and Other Loads by Using Building Envelope Systems in FY 2010
• Air & Transportation
  The Fifth Meeting of the Regional EST Forum in Asia Held
• Nature & Parks
  Public Comments Invited regarding the designation of the period for regulation, the limit number of visitors and other rules about the Shiretoko National Park Shiretokogoko Regulated Utilization Area

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