Japan Internet Links

Government

Ministry for the Environment
http://www.env.go.jp/en/
The ministry exclusively handles planning and formulation of all government environmental policy and planning and all waste and recycling measures. In addition, it continues to perform all work that was carried out by the Environment Agency.

Environmental Policy Bureau
http://www.env.go.jp/en/org/pamph/07.pdf
The Environmental Policy Bureau carries out planning, drafting and promotion of basic policies related to environmental conservation, such as the Basic Environment Law, the Basic Environment Plan and environmental impact assessments. The bureau also handles general coordination of the affairs of related government bodies.

Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
http://www.meti.go.jp/english/

Global Environment Bureau
http://www.env.go.jp/en/org/pamph/09.pdf
The Global Environment Bureau tackles global environmental conservation issues such as global warming prevention and ozone layer protection.

Environment Management Bureau
http://www.env.go.jp/en/org/pamph/11.pdf
The Environmental Management Bureau is tackling air pollution issues generated by factories and automobiles, and problems of noise, vibration and offensive odors. It is also monitoring environmental pollution resulting from radioactive substances. Through these efforts, the bureau protects the health of citizens and conserves their living environments.

Nature Conservation Bureau
http://www.env.go.jp/en/org/pamph/15.pdf
The Nature Conservation Bureau works to preserve and restore ecosystems and to ensure that humans can coexist with nature.

RIO Plus Five
http://www.ecouncil.ac.cr/rio/natreg/asiapac/english/jap.htm
Japan's Report to the United Nations

Japan Council for Sustainable Development
http://www.ecouncil.ac.cr/Template/Foxdb/ncsddbm/ncsdout4.cfm?id_ncsd=58x

Japan's National Action Plan for Sustainable Development
http://www.mtnforum.org/resources/library/jnap93a.htm
The Council of Ministers for Global Environmental Conservation decided the National Action Plan for Agenda 21 on 24 December, 1993.

Speech by Prime Minister of Japan, Junichiro Koizumi
http://www.mofa.go.jp/policy/environment/wssd/2002/kinitiative2.html
Presentation at the World Summit on Sustainable Development

Research Institutes, National Institute for Environmental Studies
http://www.nies.go.jp/

Center for Global Environmental Research
http://www-cger.nies.go.jp/index.html

National Institute for Minamata Disease
http://www.nimd.go.jp/english/index.htm

Biodiversity Center of Japan
http://www.biodic.go.jp/english/index-en.html
Biodiversity Center of Japan was established to monitor and evaluate this priceless natural environment and its present level of biodiversity, and to assemble and maintain a public library of objective information on this topic.

Global Environment Centre Foundation (GEC)
http://www.unep.or.jp/gec/index.html
Supporting to UNEP-IETC's activities and promoting partnershipbetween developing countries and Japan for global environmental preservation.

Kitakyushu International Techno-cooperative Association
http://village.infoweb.ne.jp/~kita98/mezasu_e.html
KITA is aiming at promotion of international technical cooperation emphasizing harmony between industrial development and environmental conservation

List of Environmental Laws of Japan
http://www.japanfs.org/japan/laws.html
Provided by JfS, an overview of environmental legislation.

NGOs

Global Environment Information Center
http://www.geic.or.jp/
A joint initiative between the United Nations University and the Ministry of the Environment, Japan

Japan for Sustainability
http://www.japanfs.org/info/index.html
JfS is a membership-based nonprofit organization with two chief executives, an environmental journalist and a businessperson specializing in environmental communication. The JfS mission is to share information on developments and activities originating in Japan that lead toward sustainability, with the aim of building momentum toward a sustainable path for the world.

Business

Japan Environment Corporation
http://www.jec.go.jp/eg/
Assists small and medium-sized companies, and local governments in building and operating pollution treatment plants.