Press Release

December 27, 2010

• Global Environment
  Japan's National Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Fiscal Year 2009(The Preliminary Figures)

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December 24, 2010

• Nature & Parks
  Public Comments Invited regarding the Approval of Type 1 Use Regulation of Living Modified Organisms
• Air & Transportation
  The Status of Motor Vehicle Traffic Noise during FY 2009
• Waste & Recycling
  Announcement on the certification system application for business detoxifying waste electrical machinery contaminated by a small amount of PCB

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December 21, 2010

• Air & Transportation
  Results of FY 2008 General Survey of the Emissions of Air Pollutants
• Nature & Parks
  The International Workshop on Governance in Asian Protected Areas: Follow-up on the Aichi Target (Post 2010 Target) and Protected Areas Decision from the CBD/COP10
• Global Environment
  Sea surrounding Kabashima Island, Nagasaki selected as candidate area for the floating offshore wind turbine demonstration project

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December 20, 2010

• Waste & Recycling
  The Third Physical Meeting on Partnership for Action on Computing Equipment

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December 17, 2010

• Water & Soil
  Environmental Survey of Dioxins in FY 2009
• Water & Soil
  Result of the FY 2009 Survey of the Implementation of the Agricultural Land Soil Pollution Prevention Act
• Water & Soil
  Dioxins Emission Inventory for 2009
• Water & Soil
  Enforcement Status of the Law Concerning Special Measures against Dioxins for FY 2009
• Air & Transportation
  FY 2009 Survey on the Enforcement Status of the Air Pollution Control Act

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December 16, 2010

• Water & Soil
  Result of Public Comments for the Notice on the Result of the assessment on the Noxious Liquid Substance based on the Law related to the Prevention of Marine Pollution and Maritime Disaster
• Nature & Parks
  Biodiversity photo contest "Your message for 'LIFE IN HARMONY'" winners to be announced and its awarding ceremony
• Nature & Parks
  Results of the 13th bilateral meeting on migratory bird agreement between Japan and China, the 15th bilateral meeting on migratory bird agreement between Japan and Australia and the 10th bilateral agreement between Japan and the Republic of Korea

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December 15, 2010

• Air & Transportation
  Social Experiment on "Community Cycle" to be conducted in the City of Hiroshima

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December 14, 2010

• Nature & Parks
  Announcement on the partial amendments of the eradication/control measures of Invasive Alien Species (IAS) under the Invasive Alien Species Act

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December 13, 2010

• Waste & Recycling
  Announcement on the approved certification application for PCB-contaminated waste electrical machinery

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December 10, 2010

• Waste & Recycling
  The Third Physical Meeting on Partnership for Action on Computing Equipment
• Waste & Recycling
  The Result of 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
  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"

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December 09, 2010

• Water & Soil
  MOE's reaction against the dumping of the dredged material outside the designated area

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December 07, 2010

• Nature & Parks
  Closing Event for the International Year of Biodiversity to be held

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December 06, 2010

• Global Environment
  Status of Fluorocarbon Recovery from Commercial Freezers/Air Conditioners in FY 2009

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December 03, 2010

• Environmental Policy
  Public Comments on the draft of the revision of the designated procurement items and their evaluation criteria under the Law concerning the Promotion of Procurement of Eco-Friendly Goods and Services by the State and Other Entities

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December 02, 2010

• Nature & Parks
  Seminar on Invasive Alien Species -follow up of CBD-COP10- held by the MOE

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