7 Safety Measures for Road Traffic ..... 253
Section 5 Crisis Management and Security Measures ..... 257
1 Promoting Crime and Terrorism Countermeasures ..... 257
2 Establishing a Response System for Accident Disasters ..... 261
Chapter 8 Creating and Preserving a Beautiful and Healthy Environment ..... 266
Section 1 Promoting Countermeasures against Global Warming ..... 266
1 Implementing Global Warming Countermeasures ..... 266
2 Promoting Global Warming Countermeasures (Mitigation Measures) ..... 267
3 Promotion of the Use of Renewable Energy ..... 273
4 Promotion of Global Warming Countermeasures (Adaptations) ..... 274
Section 2 Promoting the creation of a recycling society ..... 274
1 Advancing recycling in construction ..... 274
2 Constructing a resource recycling logistics system ..... 276
3 Recycling vehicles and marine vessels ..... 277
4 Efforts in Green Procurement ..... 277
5 Promoting the use of wooden building materials ..... 277
Section 3 National land development that revives and preserves the natural environment ..... 278
1 Initiatives for preserving biodiversity ..... 278
2 Creating rich and beautiful river environments ..... 278
3 Preserving and improving coastal environments ..... 280
4 Greening port and harbor administration ..... 280
5 Greening roads and promoting natural environmental measures ..... 282
Section 4 Building a healthy water circulation system ..... 282
1 Becoming a society that can enjoy the blessings of water ..... 282
Chapter 9 Strengthening International Expansion and International Contributions ..... 297
Section 1 Promoting the Export of Infrastructure Systems ..... 297
1 General Direction of Government Policy ..... 297
2 The Concept of Infrastructure System Exports in the Field of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism ..... 297
3 Upstream Involvement and Information Dissemination ..... 298
4 Development of Soft Infrastructure ..... 298
5 Supporting Businesses for Overseas Infrastructure ..... 298
3 Strengthening the Coast Guard System ..... 261
4 Protecting Our Country's Interests in Maritime Rights ..... 262
5 Security and Protecting Citizen's Lives and Assets ..... 264
6 Infectious Disease Measures ..... 264
2 Measures in building a healthy water circulation system in cooperation with ministries and agencies involving water ..... 283
3 Establishment of the Basic Law of Water Circulation and the law concerning the promotion of rainwater use ..... 283
4 Initiatives in improving the water environment ..... 283
5 Cultivating water and using it efficiently ..... 285
6 Realizing amenity by promoting improvements to sanitary drainage ..... 286
Section 5 Protecting the marine environment ..... 288
Section 6 Improving living environments by preventing atmospheric and noise pollution ..... 289
1 Policies for environmental issues related to road traffic ..... 289
2 Environmental measures for airports and surrounding areas ..... 290
3 Countermeasures for Railway Noise ..... 291
4 Countermeasures for urban heat islands ..... 291
5 Countermeasures for sick building syndrome and soil contamination ..... 291
6 Environmental measures in construction ..... 292
Section 7 Observing, monitoring, and forecasting changes in the global environment ..... 292
1 Observing and monitoring the global environment ..... 292
2 Research and Prediction of the Global Environment ..... 296
3 Promoting Global Mapping Project and the world geodetic network ..... 296
Section 2 Promotion of International Cooperation and Negotiations ..... 300
1 Initiatives in the Field of Economic Partnerships ..... 300
2 Contributions and Strategic Utilization of International Organizations ..... 301
3 Cross-Sectoral Endeavors ..... 303
4 Multilateral and Bilateral Initiatives in Individual Sectors ..... 305
Section 3 Efforts for International Standardization ..... 310