Japan's Foreign Policies - Economic Issues - Environment



Environment (Ministry of Foreign Affairs Website)
Ministry of the Environment
Climate Change (Ministry of Foreign Affairs Website)
Climate Change (Ministry of Environment Website)
   
  2008
Visit to Japan by the Rt Hon Tony Blair, Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (03/10/08)
The Second Round of the International Experts Meeting on Illegal Logging (02/13/08)
   
  2007
Second Ministerial Meeting of Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) (09/19/07)
The 7th Meeting of the Japan-China Joint Committee on Environmental Protection and Cooperation (09/04/07)
The 4th Meeting of the Policy Implementation Committee of the Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate (07/19/07)
Agreement Between Japan and Brunei Darussalam for an Economic Partnership (06/18/07)
Signing of the Agreement between Japan and Brunei Darussalam for an Economic Partnership (06/15/07)
Special Press Briefing by Director-General for Global Issues Tsuruoka on the Issue of Climate Change (06/11/07)
TICAD Ministerial Conference on Energy and Environment for Sustainable Development (03/30/07)
   
  2006
Overview: The 4th World Water Forum (04/07/06)
The 4th World Water Forum Ministerial Declaration (03/31/06)
   
  2005
Overview and Evaluation: The Fourth Informal Meeting on Further Actions against Climate Change (11/01/05)
"The Fourth Informal Meeting on Further Actions against Climate Change" (10/14/05)
Vision Statement of Australia, China, India, Japan, the Republic of Korea, and the U.S. for a new Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate (US Department of State Website) (07/29/05)
The International Conference on Environment and Transport in AICHI (06/14/05)
Overview: 22nd Sessions of Subsidiary Bodies of UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (06/07/05)
Overview: Seminar of Governmental Experts on Climate Change (05/31/05)
3R (Reduce, Reuse and Recycle) Initiative Moves Forward (05/10/05)
The Global Warming Prevention Headquarters (03/31/05)
The 3R Initiative and "Mottainai": Japan's strategy for sustainable development (03/18/05)
Japan Welcomes the Entry Into Force of the Kyoto Protocol (02/17/05)
Prime Minister Koizumi Participates in the Commemorative Event to Mark the Entry into Force of the Kyoto Protocol (02/17/05)
Foreign Minister's Statement: Entry into Force of the Kyoto Protocol to the UN Framework (02/16/05)
Commemorative Event to Mark Entry into Force of the Kyoto Protocol (02/16/05)
Commemorative Event to Mark the Entry into Force of the Kyoto Protocol (01/27/05)
   
  2004
Commemorative Event to Mark the Entry into Force of the Kyoto Protocol to be held on February 16th, 2005 in Kyoto (12/17/04)
Workshop: CDM in the Post-Kyoto Regime [PDF] (12/13/04)
"Sustainable Future Framework on Climate Change," interim report by the Special Committee on a Future Framework for Addressing Climate Change [PDF] (12/09/04)
Science and Technology in Society Forum (STS Forum) (11/15/04)
Keynote Address by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi at the Opening Ceremony of the Science and Technology in Society Forum (STS Forum) (11/15/04)
Foreign Minister's Statement: Signing of the Bill to Ratify the Kyoto Protocol by President of Russia (11/05/04)
Towards the Entry into Force of the Kyoto Protocol (Statement by Environmental Minister of Japan Koike Yuriko) (11/05/04)
Press Secretary's Statement: Passage of the Bill to Ratify the Kyoto Protocol in Russia (10/28/04)
Press Secretary's Statement: Passage of the Bill to Ratify the Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change in Russia (10/25/04)
Overview: Informal Meeting on Further Actions against Climate Change (10/21/04)
Foreign Minister's Message: Informal Meeting on Further Actions against Climate Change (10/08/04)
Foreign Minister's Statement: Decision of Russia to Ratify the Kyoto Protocol (10/01/04)
Overview: The United Nations Environment Programme Roundtable on Iraqi Marshland Management (09/28/04)
Request for public comments on Interim Report by Global Environment Subcommitte, Environment Committee, Industrial Structure Council
-Future Measures for Global Warming
(09/24/04)
Annual Report on the Environment in Japan 2003 (09/24/04)
Meeting of Related Ministers for Global Environmental Conservation and Global Warming Prevention Headquarters (05/19/04)
   
  2003
Message by Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi at the opening session of the 35th Session of the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) (11/20/03)
Third Meeting of the U.S.-Japan High-Level Consultations on Climate Change (August 2003) [Joint Statement] [Announcement]
   
  2002
COP 8 (23 October-1 November 2002, New Delhi, India)
Message of Her Excellency Yoriko Kawaguchi, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan, on the occasion of the Informal Meeting on Further Actions against Climate Change  (7/03)
Statement by the Press Secretary on Canada's Ratification of the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (12/02)
Japan ratifies Kyoto Protocol  (6/04/02)
Second Meeting of the U.S.-Japan High-level Consultations on Climate Change (4/05/02)
Kyoto Protocol  (3/29/02)
Second Meeting of the U.S.-Japan High-level Consultations on Climate Change Science and Technology Working Group (2/26/02)
Future Policies Toward the Ratification of the Kyoto Protocol (2/13/02)
Statement by Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi on the Announcement of Climate Change Policy by the Government of the United States  (2/15/02)
 
2001
Regarding Subsequent Undertakings Towards the Ratification of the Kyoto Protocol (11/12/01)