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Lectures and seminars on environmental management

Practice of erosion control based on agricultural sciences (Kobe University) - Go Kimura
Lecture on international cooperation for environmental management (Aichi and Hyogo prefectures) - Go Kimura
PRTR Seminar (The Chemical Daily - Japan, -2012) - Satoshi Koyama
PRTR Pilot Project in Japan (Tianjin, China, -2012) - Yuko Yamashita
Chemical hazards control seminar (National Environmental Research and Training Institute, Ministry of the Environment, Japan) - Satoshi Koyama (2009-2011) / Kei Sasahara (2012-2014) / Yuko Yamashita (2015-2017)
Course for local government staff involved with air pollution prevention measures: Focus on VOCs (Kanagawa Association for the Promotion of Pollution Prevention, Japan) - Kei Sasahara
Chemicals management advisory course (Ministry of Environment Japan) - Kei Sasahara (-2012) / Satoshi Koyama (2013)
Seminar on emissions estimation methods for chemicals not included in PRTR reporting requirements: The Japanese experience (Support project for the establishment of PRTR in Thailand, 2012) - Yayoi Hayashi
Seminar on emission estimation methods for chemicals not included in PRTR reporting requirements: emissions from agrichemicals and vehicles (Support project for the establishment of PRTR in Thailand, 2013) - Yayoi Hayashi
Project for Environment Friendly Society Building (Japan International Cooperation Agency, 2016) - Satoshi Koyama

Participation in investigative committee meetings* (Ministry of Environment and specialists)

Examination committee on the introduction of Risk evaluation method based on PRTR data (Ministry of Environment, Japan, -2012) - Satoshi Koyama
Examination committee on a methodology to estimate emissions from sources not included in PRTR reporting requirements (businesses handling less than 1 ton / year of target chemicals, etc.) (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Commerce, Japan, -2012) - Satoshi Koyama
Examination committee on greenhouse gases emissions estimation: Non-methane volatile organic compounds task force (Ministry of Environment, Japan) - Kei Sasahara (2012-2014) / Takumi Saotome (2016)
Examination committee on greenhouse gases emissions estimation: Subcommittee of Non-methane volatile organic compounds (Ministry of Environment, Japan, 2017) - Takumi Saotome
Examination committee on technological aspects for the establishment of the Minamata Mercury Convention (Ministry of Environment, Japan, 2011) - Satoshi Koyama
Examination committee on the national inventory of air pollution by mercury (Ministry of Environment, Japan, 2012-2013) - Satoshi Koyama
Investigation committee on the emissions estimation methods for chemicals related to the Chemical Substances Control Law (CSCL) (National Institute of Technology and Evaluation, 2014, 2016) - Satoshi Koyama
Investigation committee on the emissions estimation methods for chemicals related to the Chemical Substances Control Law (CSCL) (Ministry of Environment, Japan, 2015) - Satoshi Koyama
Investigation committee on the emissions estimation methods for chemicals related to the Chemical Substances Control Law (CSCL) (Subcommittee on the emissions estimation methods at disposal stages) (Ministry of Environment, Japan, 2016) - Satoshi Koyama

* Basically, these meetings consist of a panel of specialists that discuss and analyze a specific environmental question/issue and propose mechanisms for policy reform and improvement.

Articles (Scientific journals, newspaper, etc.) - in Japanese only

Aircraft emissions of chemicals not included in PRTR reporting requirements (Journal of Aviation Environment Research No. 9, 2005 - Aviation Environment Research Center) - Kei Sasahara / Satoshi Koyama
Aircraft emissions of PRTR Specific Class I Designated Chemical Substances (Journal of Aviation Environment Research No. 10, 2006 - Aviation Environment Center) - Kei Sasahara
Dry cleaning and photochemical smog: VOC emissions (Cleaning Sciences Journal vol. 53, no. 1, 2008 - Association for Cleaning Sciences) - Kei Sasahara
Measurement of air pollutant concentration at Narita International Airport (Research Report for Aviation Environment Research Center, 2013) - Takumi Saotome
Topics on the emissions of PRTR designated chemicals substances associated with waste processing facilities (Japan Society of Material Cycles and Waste Management, 2013) - Satoshi Koyama / Kei Sasahara / Masaaki Seiki
The situation of environmental risk as related chemicals in the sewage system: 　 comprehending how to estimate emissions from sewage treatment facilities in PRTR and related issues (Chemicals and Environment, 2014) - Satoshi Koyama
Commentary: [Regulations related to aircraft emissions and environmental impact assessment] (The Japan Institute of Marine Engineering, 2014) - Takumi Saotome

Other

Project for electricity generation with solar panels in various locations in Japan