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1 Chapter 1 Overview of Society and Economy Domestic Basic Indices 1.01 Population, area, gross prefectural product and electricity consumed by prefecture Population by city (2015) Chart of Japan's energy balance flow (FY2014) Trends in total amount of domestic primary energy supply Trends in final domestic energy consumption Fuel consumption for residential and commercial industry use Supply and demand of food Supply and demand of iron and steel products Gross domestic expenditure (2005 Standard National Accounts: Chain-linked method) Population, Labor and Prices Energy consumption by manufacturing industry (by industry type) Indices of production in Manufacturing (Value-added weights) Energy intensity of manufacturing (IIP basis) Residential energy consumption by use Residential energy consumption by energy Residential energy consumption per household by use Residential energy consumption per household (by use and by energy) Penetration and ownership of home appliances Commercial energy consumption by use Commercial energy consumption by energy Commercial energy consumption by business type Commercial energy consumption per floor space by use Commercial energy consumption per floor space by use and energy Floor space in the commercial sector by business type Transportation energy consumption (by mode) Energy intensity by mode Trends in proportion of power generation by energy source Trends in rate of utilization for nuclear power plants Trend in CO2 emissions per unit of user-end electricity New energy supply Installed capacity of cogeneration system Sales amount of solar system Sales amount of solar system by use Deployment of solar power, wind power and waste power generation Installed capacity and utilization of new energy 39 Overseas Basic Indices 1.36 Population, Area and GDP by country and region Changes in world population Major urban population Major nations' environmental data Total amount of exports and imports by country and region Energy balance by country and region (production amount, consumption amount) (FY2012) Consumption of coal, oil, natural gas and electric power (2012) Production of mining industry (energy resource) Electric power generation Reserves of coal, crude oil, natural gas and uranium World new energy supply Transport volume by railways Present status of roads Car ownership in each country Supply of calorific value (2012) Production quantity of marine products (by species) Social and environmental indicators in developing countries 59 i

2 Chapter 2 Global Environment Greenhouse Gas Emissions 2.01 Trends in emission amounts of greenhouse gasses in Japan Trends in Carbon Dioxide Emissions by Sectors in Japan Trend in Major Socioeconomic Activities and Carbon Dioxide emissions Trends in carbon dioxide emissions by energy use in major countries and regions Carbon dioxide emissions by source in major countries and regions Atmospheric concentrations and anthropogenic emission of CO Emissions of greenhouse gasses in major countries and regions (2005) Penetration rate of major consumer durables (general households) Anomalies of annual average land temperature in the World and Japan 72 Ozone Layer Depletion 2.10 Shipping volume of CFC in Japan Production and consumption volumes of HCFC in Japan Changes in production volume of major CFCs in the world Emissions of Ozone Depleting Substances on PRTR basis Chronological changes in Background Concentration of Specified Substances in the Atmosphere in Hokkaido Changes in annual average of total ozone amount over Japan Changes in ozone hole area in the Antarctic Recovery and Destruction of Fluorocarbons Japan's contribution to the Montreal Protocol Multilateral Fund 84 Acid Precipitation 2.19 Trends in emissions of sulfur dioxide (SOx) by country Trends in emissions of nitrogen oxide (NOx) by country Acid deposition in Europe (Annual average of ph in precipitation) Acid Deposition in Japan (Annual Average of ph in Precipitation) Annual average ph at monitoring sites of East Asia acid deposition monitoring network (EANET) 89 Water Quality 2.24 Water quality in rivers Water quality in lakes Population accessible to sewage treatment facilities 92 Water Resources 2.27 Amount of water intake and fresh water resources by country 93 Ocean Contamination 2.28 Oil spill accident from tankers Ocean-dumping of Waste 96 Soil Contamination 2.30 Consumption of fertilizer by country 97 Biodiversity 2.31 Changes in land-use by country Threatened species in each country 99 Forest Resources 2.33 Areas of agricultural land by country Forest area in each country 103 Soil Degradation (Erosion/Desertification) 2.35 Major causes of soil degradation by region 104 Waste 2.36 Generated amounts of waste by sectors in each country (latest data after 1993) Amount of municipal waste in each country Breakdown ratios of municipal waste in each country Status of municipal waste disposal in each country Recycling rate of waste in each country (paper and paperboard) Recycling rate of waste in each country (glass) (a) 110 Trans-boundary Movement of Hazardous Waste 2.42 Generation and movement of hazardous waste in each country 111 Environmental Issues in Developing Countries 2.43 Performance records of Environment-related ODA 113 ii

3 Chapter3 Natural Environment Land Use 3.01 Area of forest converted by purpose Area of five categories on Basic Land Use Planning by prefecture Shares of Vegetation Categories by Region Shares of Vegetation Naturalness by Region Changes in Vegetation Naturalness over Time Areas of Forest and Grazing Land (by prefectures and type of ownership) Area of forest used for public benefits by prefecture 120 Nature Conservation 3.08 Number of Natural Parks and Visitors Annual number of visitors in each national park Annual number of visitors to each quasi-national park Number of Applications for Permission for Activities in National Parks (Numbers of Approvals by the Ministry of the Environment) Area of Natural Parks by Prefecture Area of Natural Parks by Region Marine Park Areas located in the National Parks and the Quasi-National Parks Area of Wilderness Areas, Nature Conservation Areas Area of World Natural Heritages 136 Use and Protection of Hot Springs 3.17 Annual Survey on the Administrative Measures based on Hot Springs Law Survey on the Administrative Measures based on Hot Springs Law in 2014 (by prefecture) Changes in Utilization of Hot Springs Utilization of Hot Springs by prefecture in City Parks 3.21 Status of city parks (by prefecture) 145 Shorelines 3.22 Changes in the total length of nationwide Coastline Alteration of Lake Shorelines Total length of the coast by prefecture 150 Wetland Conservation 3.25 Distribution of Extant Tidal flats ( by sea area ) Change in Nationwide tidal flats area Distribution of Extant Sea Grass Beds ( by sea area ) Area of Hermatypic Coral by Prefecture Designated Ramsar sites in Japan 157 Biodiversity 3.30 Threatened Wildlife Species in Japan (the species red-listed by the Ministry of the Environment) Number of Nationally Endangered Species of Wild fauna and flora and Programs for Rehabilitation of Natural Habitats and Maintenance of Viable Population in Japan Designation of Natural Habitat Protection Area Designation of Wildlife Protection Areas and Areas for Paid Game Hunting Number of Hunting Licenses and Captured Wildlife by Hunting The number of Invasive Alien Species and of Confirmed/Approved Cases of their Mitigation based on Invasive Alien Species Act 163 Animal Protection and Management 3.36 Registration Status of the Animal Handling Business Operators Change in the Number of Dogs and Cats Adopted, Reunited with Owners, and Put to Sleep 166 iii

4 Chapter 4 Material-Cycle Material Flow 4.01 Material Flow in Japan Changes in Material Flow Indicators in Japan 168 Municipal Waste 4.03 Waste Disposal Flow Sheet (Actual FY2013) Trends in total amount of waste generated Changes in generation of waste per person per day Waste Treatment by Prefecture Development of Waste Incineration Plants Development of Waste Incineration Plants by Prefecture Development of Recycling Facilities Development of Recycling Facilities by Prefecture (FY2013) Development of Bulky Waste Disposal Facilities Development of Bulky Waste Facilities by Prefecture Changes in Total Volume of Final Disposal Development of Final Disposal Sites by Prefecture Changes in Annual Expenses for the Waste Management Changes in Annual Expenditures for Waste Management Program 185 Industrial Waste 4.17 Flow of treatment for industrial waste (in FY2013) Generation of Industrial Waste by Industrial Sector Generation of Industrial Waste by Type Changes in Disposal/Treatment of Industrial Waste Changes in the Number of Permissions for the Industrial Waste and the Remaining Periods of the Capacity of Final Disposal Sites Number of illegal-dumping cases of Industrial Waste and volume dumped by Prefecture ( Newly-reported cases) (1) Survey on Environmental impacts by Illegal dumping and measures by prefectures (the unsolved cases) Offenders of illegal dumping Number of Unsolved Cases of Illegal Dumping and Remaining Amount Number of the Unsolved Cases of Illegal Dumping and Remaining Amount by Prefecture Improper Disposal of Sulfate Pitch 201 Wide-Area Movement 4.28 Wide-area movement of municipal waste Wide-area movement of industrial waste 203 Package Recycling 4.30 Percentage of Containers and Packaging in Household Waste Changes in shipping volume of glass bottles Production and disposal of plastics Changes in sales amounts of aluminum cans and recycling ratio Changes in consumption and recycling rate of steel cans Change in recovery rate of cardboard Changes in production volume and recovery ratio of PET bottles Utilization of products from recycled PET bottles Changes in sales volume and collection rate of household cartons Achievement on Sorted Collection and Recycling based on the Containers and Packaging Recycling Act Changes in production volume and recycling rate of foamed polystyrene 214 Home Appliances Recycling 4.41 Implementation of Recycling of Specified Home Appliances 215 Construction Recycling 4.42 Volumes of construction waste by type Recycling of construction waste by item 218 Food Recycling 4.44 Generation and treatment of food waste 219 Automobile Recycling 4.45 Collection of used cars (number of cases reported) Rate of recycling of Shredder dust (ASR) and the like by automobile manufacturers 221 Effective Resource Utilization 4.47 Voluntary collection and resource regeneration of PC and small rechargeable batteries (FY2014) 222 iv

5 Chapter 5 Aquatic Environment Water Quality 5.01 Number of Specified Sites in accordance with the Water Pollution Control Act Number of specified sites by prefecture in accordance with Water Pollution Control Act Results of the comprehensive survey of release of water pollution substances Rate of compliance with environmental quality on health issues (non-achievement rate) Rate of compliance for environmental standards (BOD or COD) Water quality of enclosed sea area (annual average of COD) Changes in Water quality in the specified lakes (COD) Achievement rate of Environmental Quality Standards for total nitrogen and total phosphorus in marine water Achievement of Environment Standards for Total Nitrogen and Total Phosphorus in Lakes Generation Loads and Reduction Targets for 3 Sea Areas with Area-wide Total Pollutant Controls by Source Number of occurrences of Red Tides in Seto Inland Sea Licensed landfill area of Seto inland sea Amount of sea gravel extracted in coastal prefectures in Seto Inland Sea 235 Groundwater Contamination 5.14 Groundwater contamination - Yearly number of confirmed cases where contamination level exceeds the standards Itemized breakdown of groundwater contamination cases 237 Groundwater Quality 5.16 Results of groundwater quality survey 238 Ocean Contamination 5.17 Changes in number of confirmed marine pollution cases by sea area Changes in number of cases of referral by violations against marine environmental laws 245 Waste Water Treatment 5.19 Night soil treatment flow sheet (FY2013) Changes in population using flush toilets and treatment volume of night soil Current situations of night soil treatment facilities by prefectures Trends in breakdown of nationwide night soil treatment facilities by type (start-of-construction-basis) Changes in number of installed Johkasou (Nationwide) Night soil treatment facilities (established by municipalities and administration associations) by prefecture Diffusion of Johkasou and community plants by prefecture Population served by waste-water treatment system by year Changes in expenses for night soil treatment projects 256 Soil Contamination 5.28 Production and Shipment of Major Agrochemicals Changes in registered number of agrochemicals by year Production of chemical fertilizer Changes in numbers of soil pollution incidents where Environmental Quality Standards (EQS) were exceeded Number of soil contamination investigations and countermeasures taken by prefecture Progress of agricultural land soil pollution countermeasures Designated-contamination areas and areas with projects for countermeasures completed in each year 263 Ground Subsidence 5.35 Use of ground water in Japan Changes in nationwide ground subsidence 265 v

6 Chapter6 Atmospheric Environment Fixed Sources 6.01 Changes in number of facilities emitting soot and smoke Number of facilities emitting soot and smoke by prefecture Changes in of particulate-discharging facilities (Ordinary particulate/specified particulates) Prefectural number of facilities discharging ordinary particulates Air pollutant emissions (from Stationary sources) Sulfur oxide emissions (breakdown by type of facility) Nitrogen oxide emissions (breakdown by type of facility) Soot and dust emissions (breakdown by type of facility) 273 Mobile Sources 6.09 Changes in car ownership Total automobile transportation volume and car ownership by prefecture Trends in freight transportation Changes in volume of passenger transportation Changes in transport share by mode Development and coverage rate of national highways by prefecture Traffic Volume of National Expressways, Urban Expressways and Common Roadways Changes in Kilometers Traveling (one million kilometers) Increase in vehicle weight of Passenger cars (private use/business use) 294 Low Emission Vehicles 6.18 Changes in number of the next-generation vehicles Changes in number of fueling facilities for next-generation vehicles 296 Sulfur-Oxides 6.20 Trends in annual average concentration of Sulfur Dioxide (Ambient air pollution monitoring stations/roadside air pollution monitoring stations) Achievement of environmental quality standards for concentration of Sulfur Dioxide (Ambient air pollution monitoring stations/roadside air pollution monitoring stations) 298 Nitrogen-Oxides Trends in annual average of Nitrogen dioxide (NO 2) and Nitrogen Monoxide (NO) concentration (Ambient air pollution monitoring stations / Roadside air pollution 6.22 monitoring stations) 6.23 Achievement of environmental quality standards for Nitrogen Dioxide (Ambient air pollution monitoring stations / Roadside traffic environment monitoring stations) Achievement of environmental quality standards for Nitrogen Dioxide by prefecture (Ambient Air Pollution Monitoring Stations) Achievement of environmental standards for Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) by prefecture (Roadside air pollution monitoring stations) Suspended Particulate Matters 6.26 Trends in annual average concentration of Suspended Particulate Matters (Ambient Air Pollution Monitoring Stations/Roadside Air Pollution Monitoring Stations) Achievement of environmental quality standards for Suspended Particulate Matters (Ambient air pollution monitoring stations / Roadside air pollution monitoring stations) Annual average concentration of Particulate Matters Achievement of environmental quality standards for Suspended Particulate Matters by prefecture (Ambient Air Pollution Monitoring Stations) Achievement of Environmental Standards for Suspended Particulate Matter by prefecture (Roadside Air Pollution Monitoring Stations) 307 Carbon-Monoxide 6.31 Trends in annual average concentration of Carbon Monoxide (Ambient Air Pollution Monitoring Stations/Roadside Air Pollution Monitoring Stations) 308 Non-Methane Hydrocarbon 6.32 Trends in annual average concentration of Non-Methane Hydrocarbon (Ambient Air Pollution Monitoring Stations / Roadside Air Pollution Monitoring Stations) 309 Hazardous Air Pollutants 6.33 Changes in nationwide average concentration of hazardous air pollutants to which environmental standards are applied Achievement of the Environmental Quality Standards for designated Hazardous Air Pollutants Changes in nationwide averages of concentration of hazardous air pollutants for which guideline values are set Achievement of the guideline values of designated hazardous air pollutants 313 Photochemical Oxidant 6.37 Trends in number of days when photochemical oxidant warning were issued and reported damages Trends in number of days when photochemical oxidant warning were issued by prefecture 315 Noises/Vibrations/Odors 6.39 Changes in the number of specified facilities under the Noise Regulation Law Changes in numbers of specified facilities under Vibration Regulation Law Changes in number of specified facilities under Noise Regulation Law by prefecture Changes in number of specified facilities under Vibration Regulation Law by prefecture Trends in numbers of complaints on noise, vibration and odor Achievement of environmental standards for noises caused by automobiles, airplanes and Shinkansen 322 vi

7 Chapter7 Chemical Substances Dioxins 7.01 Dioxins emission inventory Result of environmental survey on dioxins in FY Chronological changes in daily intake of dioxins per person in Japan Chronological changes in daily intake of dioxins originated from total diet samples Notifications of specified facilities based on the Law concerning Special Measures against Dioxins Specified facilities subject to Gas Emission Standards, based on the Law Concerning Special Measures against Dioxins(by type of notification ) Notifications from facilities subject to Effluent Emission Standards, based on the Act on Special Measures against Dioxins (by contents of notification) 330 Chemical Substances 7.08 Number of notifications for new chemical compounds based on Act on the Evaluation of Chemical Substances and Regulation of their Manufacture, etc Result of the Initial Environmental Survey in FY Environmental survey details of the chemical environment in fiscal year Results of Environmental Monitoring in FY Amount of releases and transfers based on PRTR by industry (FY 2014) Amounts of releases and transfers based on PRTR by prefecture (FY 2014) Reported releases and estimated releases by prefecture (FY 2014) PRTR top ten substances of reported releases and transfers (FY 2014) PRTR top ten substances of reported releases and estimated releases (FY 2014) 341 Chapter 8 Overview of Environmental Measures Public Administration Budget for competitive funding on environmental research and development of environmental technology Number of employees in environmental divisions of local governments by prefecture Trainees at the National Environmental Research and Training Institute, Ministry of the Environment Changes in number of arrests for environmental crimes grouped by law Number of arrests for violation of Waste Disposal Act by type Changes in numbers of offenders normally accepted / processed Local governments' expenses for measures against pollutions Regions under the Regional Environmental Pollution Control Programs The Costs relating to the Pollution Prevention Projects, and Additional Subsidies Existing number of Patients by Region, subject to Law Concerning Pollution-Related Health Damage Compensation and other Measures Changes in Existing number of Patients by Region, subject to the Pollution Damage Compensation Act Number of certified persons by Act on Compensation, etc. for pollution related health damage (Status of application process for Minamata disease certification) Judgment on relief measures based on the Law Concerning Special Measures for Compensation of Minamata Disease Acceptance and approval applications based on the Act on Asbestos Health Damage Relief Implementation Rate of Green Procurement in Local Governments and Enterprises Enforcement of performed environmental impact assessment under Environmental Impact Assessment Law The number of cases that completed environmental impact assessment procedures under Environmental Impact Assessment Law (as of the end of FY2014) Status of formulating basic ordinances of Environmental Policy Status of formulating basic plans of Environmental Policies Status of environmental policies local governments are focusing on 363 Enterprises 8.19 Business confidence in Environmental business in Japan Top 5 Environmental business that are expected to grow (total of all enterprise scale) Business outlook (Diffusion Index) Environmental business outlook (by type of environmental business) Initiatives toward environmental management (Listed companies) Companies that disclose environmental information Status of compiling and disclosing of environmental reports Conditions of introduction of environmental accounting Changes in results of National examinations for Pollution Control Manager and Others 372 Citizens/NGOs 8.28 Number of Environmental NGOs and the like Funding from Japan Fund for Global Environment 374 vii

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