Press Release

July 28, 2008

• Global Environment
  The Fourth Plenary Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Forum for the Environment and Development in the Second Phase (APFEDII) Held

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July 25, 2008

• Nature & Parks
  Results of Japanese Crested Ibis Breeding for 2008

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July 24, 2008

• Nature & Parks
  Public Comments Invited Regarding the Approval of Type 1 Use Regulation of Living Modified Organisms

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July 22, 2008

• Global Environment
  The Fourth Plenary Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Forum for the Environment and Development in the Second Phase (APFEDII)
• Air & Transportation
  Results of the Selection of Verification Organizations and Target Verification Technologies as Were Invited to Apply for the FY2008 ETV Project in the Field of Organic Wastewater Treatment Technologies for Small-Scale Establishments
• Air & Transportation
  The Formulation of a Protocol for Verification Tests and an Invitation to Become the Verification Organizations for the FY 2008 ETV Project on Heat-Island Mitigation Technology (for Reducing Air Conditioning Loads by using Building Envelope Systems, etc.)
• Health & Chemicals
  Results of the Medical Data Examination for Acknowledgment of Designated Diseases under the Act on Asbestos Health Damage Relief
• Global Environment
  A Brief Report of the "Workshop on Greenhouse Gas Inventories in Asia (WGIA)" and the "Open Symposium on Estimating the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions - How to Estimate Emissions within the Commitment Period"

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July 18, 2008

• Nature & Parks
  Announcement of the Results of Testing of Wild Birds for the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) Virus in May 2008
• Air & Transportation
  Star Watching Network - The Implementation of Summer Star Watching For FY 2008 and the Results of Star Watching for FY 2007

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July 17, 2008

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

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July 15, 2008

• Nature & Parks
  Namiki, the Parliamentary Secretary of the Environment, to visit the Sado Toki Conservation Center

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July 11, 2008

• Nature & Parks
  A Brief Summary of the Executive Committee's Commemorative Ceremony for the Trial Release of the Crested Ibises
• Nature & Parks
  The Schedule for the Trial Release of Crested Ibises into the Wild and their Commemorative Ceremony

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July 10, 2008

• Waste & Recycling
  Results of a survey to supply information on fluorocarbon and air bags from End-of-Life Vehicles.

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July 08, 2008

• Health & Chemicals
  Public comments invited regarding the "Draft Interim Assessment of the Japan HPV Challenge Program"

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July 07, 2008

• Global Environment
  Workshop and Open Symposium Announcement "Workshop on Greenhouse Gas Inventories in Asia (WGIA)" and "Open Symposium on Estimating the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions - How to Estimate Emissions within the Commitment Period"

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July 04, 2008

• Air & Transportation
  Invitation for Participation in the FY 2008 Investigation of Inter-laboratory Comparison Analysis for Environmental Monitoring
• Water & Soil
  Public Comments Invited Regarding the "Proposal of Registration Withholding Standards of Agricultural Chemicals"
• Water & Soil
  Results of 2008 Bathing Beaches Water Quality Survey
• Waste & Recycling
  Annual Report on the Environment and the Sound Material-Cycle Society of Japan, 2008
• Health & Chemicals
  Results of Public Comments Regarding the 'Draft on the Matters Appended to the Standard for Testing Facilities which Conduct the Testing of New Chemical Substances, etc. under the "Chemical Substances Control Law"'
• Nature & Parks
  Distribution of the book "National Parks of Japan" at the G8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit
• Waste & Recycling
  The Ninth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP9) to the Basel Convention

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July 01, 2008

• Nature & Parks
  Brief Report on the Findings from the "Survey on Lives in Paddy Fields and their Surrounding Environments: 2007", a Collaborative Project between the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and the Ministry of the Environment

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