(a)temporary structures (excluding ones set forth in (c))

1.the design of the structure in question is one that enables its ready relocation or removal;

2.the methods of the construction in question and its scale, configuration, and the usage of the structure has a low risk of hindering nature conservation in the land where the construction is implemented and the surrounding areas of land.

(b)structures to be installed under the ground (excluding ones set forth in (c))

The methods of the construction in question and its location, scale, and usage of the structure are unlikely to hinder nature conservation in the land where the construction is implemented and the surrounding areas of land.

(c)structures set forth in the following:

The methods of the construction in question and the scale and configuration of the structure have a low risk of hindering nature conservation in the land where the construction is implemented and the surrounding areas of land.

a. erosion control facilities as prescribed in Article 1 of the Erosion Control Act

b. coastal conservation facilities prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Coast Act (Act No. 101 of 1956) (for embankment or parapets, excluding forest integrally installed with the facilities, the same applies to Articles 18, 23, and 24), and other facilities to prevent seawater invasion or erosion by seawater

c. landslide prevention facilities prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (3) of the Landslide Prevention Act

d. rivers prescribed in Article 3, paragraph (1) of the River Act or other waterways for public use, or facilities to manage these (excluding forest zone)

e. steep slope collapse prevention facilities prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (2) of the Act on prevention of disasters caused by steep slope collapses (Act No. 57 of 1969)

f. buildings for agriculture, forestry, fishery, or other occupation (excluding a housing)

g. port facilities prescribed in Article 3 of the Act on Development of Fishing Ports and Grounds (Act No. 137 of 1950) or facilities which have been deemed to be a port facility pursuant to the provisions of Article 40 of the same Act

h. facilities related to the business of improvement of a structure of a shore fishery (referring to a shore fishery prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Act on a shore fishery improvement fund subsidization (Act No. 25 of 1979) (excluding a shore fishery conducted by using a powered fishing boat whose total weight is more than 10 tons but less than 20 tons (excluding a carried boat). the same applies to Article 19, item (i))

i. facilities related to business based on a coast marine resource development plan prescribed in Article 7 of the Marine Resources Development Promotion Act (Act No. 60 of 1971)

j. land improvement facilities prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (2), item (i) of the Land Improvement Act (Act No. 195 of 1949)

k. roads, agricultural roads, forest roads or other roads (hereinafter referred to as "roads" except the item (xiii) and the item (xi) of Article 19) prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the road Act (Act No. 180 of 1952), and roads provided for the traffic of an automobile only and roads other than those provided for mainly sightseeing

l. structures to manage a road

m. a railroad, a track, or a cableway

n. buildings that serve as a station for a railroad, track, or cableway, or a place of business of a passenger transport business by an automobile or vessel or a waiting room (including buildings accompanying these)

o. facilities that have been deemed to be a port facility pursuant to the provisions of Article 2, paragraph (6) of the Ports and Harbors Act (Act No. 218 of 1950)

p. waste oil disposal facilities prescribed in Article 3, item (xiv) of the Act on Prevention of Marine Pollution and Maritime Disaster (Act No. 136 of 1970)

q. passage navigation aids or other facilities to ensure the safety of navigation of vessels

r. mooring facilities or other facilities provided for transportation by vessels

s. air navigation facilities prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (5) of the Civil Aeronautics Act (Act No. 231 of 1952)

t. structures for observing meteorological phenomena, terrestrial phenomena, tremors, terrestrial magnetism, terrestrial electricity, or hydrological phenomena;

u. electric lines, buildings, or antennas for wire telecommunication (including their supports)

v. electric facilities prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1), item (xviii) of the Electricity Business Act (Act No. 170 of 1964) (excluding a thermal power plant)

w. structures for conducting education or testing and research

x. water supply facilities prescribed in Article 3, paragraph (8) of the Waterworks Act (Act No. 177 of 1957)

y. public sewerage systems prescribed in Article 2, item (iii) of the Sewerage Act (Act No. 79 of 1958), regional sewerage systems prescribed in the same Article, item (iv), or urban storm drainage systems prescribed in the same Article, item (v)

z. water pipes, gas pipes, or other similar structures

aa. a house of worship prescribed in Article 3 of the Religious Corporations Act (Act No. 126 of 1951) within a place of worship prescribed in the same Article or equivalent facilities of a religious corporation under the old Religious Corporations Order (Imperial Order No. 709 of 1945)

bb. buildings storing a watchtower, alarm bell tower, machine, or equipment used for fire or water defense

cc. storage sheds, garages, toilets or other buildings used for daily life (excluding housings) that a person living within the special zone uses

dd. buildings to preserve important cultural properties designated pursuant to the provisions of Article 27, paragraph (1) of the Cultural Properties Protection Act, buried cultural properties prescribed in Article 92, paragraph (1) of the same Act or natural monument of historic site and place of scenic beauty designated pursuant to the provisions of Article 109, paragraph (1) of the same Act or provisionally designated pursuant to the provisions of Article 110, paragraph (1) of the same Act

ee. buildings to be installed within an area of a park, green area, or cemetery that is an urban park prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Urban Park Act (Act No. 79 of 1956) or a city planning facility prescribed in Article 4, paragraph (6) of the City Planning Act (Act No. 100 of 1968)

ff. buildings accompanying facilities set forth in (a) through(e), (g) or (o) through (z), or buildings to manage these facilities

gg. buildings for the purpose of carrying out acts granted permission under Article 25, paragraph (4) of the Act (including acts related to consultations under the second sentence of Article 21, paragraph (1) of the Act as applied mutatis mutandis to Article 30 of the Act)

(d)buildings other than the buildings set forth in (a), (b), or (c) (hereinafter in this (d) referred as to "ordinary buildings"):

1.the relevant construction is to be conducted on one of the following premises; provided, however, it does not apply if the construction in question is conducted for personal residential purposes, if the construction is conducted to rebuild ordinary buildings that already existed within that special zone which were lost due to a disaster, or when it is conducted to have those residing within that special zone evacuate from a disaster.

i. land which was a site of a building prior to six months from the day on the date when a special zone was designated or the zone was extended;

ii. land which was a site of a building under new construction when a special zone was designated or the zone was extended;

iii. land which is a site of a building currently existing;

iv. land adjacent to a land of i or ii (including land in contact across a road or waterway).

2.the height of the ordinary building in question is not to exceed 10 meters (in the case when the construction in question falls under any of the following and the height of the prior ordinary building exceeds 10 meters, it is not to exceed the height of the prior ordinary building).

i. if it is conducted for the reconstruction of an existing ordinary building;

ii. if it is implemented for a reconstruction of an ordinary building removed within six months from the prior day on the date when a special zone was designated or the zone was extended;

iii. if it is conducted to restore an ordinary building lost due to a disaster or to evacuate from a disaster.

3.the total floor area (meaning the floor area prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1), item (iii) of the Order for Enforcement of the Building Standards Act Enforcement Order (Cabinet Order No. 338 of 1950), not including the floor area of a basement floor prescribed in Article 1, item (ii) of the same Order; the same applies hereinafter) of an ordinary building within the site of that ordinary building is not to exceed 200 square meters (where paragraph (2), item (iii) applies to the construction, and the total floor area of the prior ordinary building exceeded 200 square meters, the total floor area of the prior ordinary building) provided, however, that this does not apply when the construction is carried out on land in paragraph (1), item (i) or (ii).

4.the methods of the construction in question and the configuration and usage of the ordinary building have a low risk of hindering nature conservation in the land where the construction is implemented and the surrounding areas of land.

(e)structures other than the structures set forth in (a), (b), or (c) (excluding buildings):

1.the height of the structure is not to exceed 10 meters and a horizontal projection area is not to exceed 200 square meters;

2.the methods of the construction in question and the configuration and usage of the structure have a low risk of hindering nature conservation in the land where the construction is implemented and the surrounding areas of land.

(a)temporary structures (excluding ones set forth in (c))

1.the structure of the relevant structure after the reconstruction in question can be easily relocated or removed;

2.the methods of the reconstruction in question and the configuration and usage of the structures after reconstruction have a low risk of hindering nature conservation in the land where reconstruction is implemented and the surrounding areas of land.

(b)structures to be installed under the ground (excluding ones set forth in (c))

the methods of the reconstruction in question and the usage of the structures after reconstruction have a low risk of hindering nature conservation in the land where reconstruction is implemented and the surrounding areas of land.

(c)structures set forth in the preceding item (c)

The methods of the reconstruction in question and the configuration of the structures after reconstruction have a low risk of hindering nature conservation in the land where reconstruction is implemented and the surrounding areas of land.

(d)buildings other than the buildings set forth in (a), (b), or (c) (hereinafter in this (d) referred as to "ordinary buildings")

1.the height of the ordinary building after the reconstruction in question is not to exceed 10 meters (in the case when the height of the ordinary building before reconstruction exceeds 10 meters, it is not to exceed the height of the ordinary building before reconstruction).

2.the methods of the reconstruction in question and the configuration and usage of the ordinary building after reconstruction have a low risk of hindering nature conservation in the land where reconstruction is implemented and the surrounding areas of land.

(e)structures other than the structures set forth in (a), (b), or (c) (excluding buildings)

1.the height of the structures after the reconstruction in question is not to exceed the height of the structures before reconstruction.

2.the methods of the reconstruction in question and the configuration and usage of the structures after reconstruction have a low risk of hindering nature conservation in the land where the reconstruction is implemented and the surrounding areas of land.

(a)temporary structures (excluding ones set forth in (c))

1.the structure of the extension in question is one that can be easily relocated or removed.

2.the methods of the extension in question and the scale, configuration and usage of the structures after extension have a low risk of hindering nature conservation in the land where the extension is implemented and the surrounding areas of land.

(b)structures to be installed under the ground (excluding ones set forth in (c))

The methods of the extension in question and the scale and usage of the structures after the extension have a low risk of hindering nature conservation in the land where the extension is implemented and the surrounding areas of land.

(c)structures set forth in item (i), (c)

The methods of the extension in question and the scale and configuration of the structures after extension have a low risk of hindering nature conservation in the land where the extension is implemented and the surrounding areas of land.

(d)buildings other than the buildings set forth in (a), (b), or (c) (hereinafter in this (d) referred as to "ordinary buildings")

1.the height of the ordinary building after the extension in question is not to exceed 10 meters (in the case when the height of the ordinary building before extension exceeds 10 meters, it is not to exceed the height of the ordinary building before the extension).

2.the total floor area of the ordinary building within a site of the ordinary building after the extension in question is not to exceed 200 square meters; provided, however, that this does not apply to cases where the extensions are carried out in the following areas:

i. land which was a site of a building prior to six months from the day on the date when a special zone was designated or the zone was extended

ii. land which was a site of a building under new construction when a special zone was designated or the zone was extended

3.the methods of the extension in question and the configuration and usage of the ordinary building after extension have a low risk of hindering nature conservation in the land where the extension is implemented and the surrounding areas of land.

(e)structures other than the structures set forth in (a), (b), or (c) (excluding buildings)

1.The height of a structure after that reconstruction is not to exceed 10 meters (when the height of the structure before reconstruction exceeds 10 meters, the height of the structure before reconstruction) and the horizontal projection area is not to exceed 200 square meters (when the horizontal projection area of the structure before reconstruction exceeds 200 square meters, the horizontal projection area of the structure before reconstruction).

2.the methods of the extension in question and the configuration and usage of the structures after extension have a low risk of hindering nature conservation in the land where the extension is implemented and the surrounding areas of land.

The change of the characteristics of the land in question is to fall under any of the following, and the methods and scale of the change have a low risk of hindering nature conservation in the land where the change is implemented and the surrounding areas of land.

(a)cultivation of land;

(b)changing the characteristic of land for installation or maintenance of roads or rivers that are not structures, or other waterways provided for public use;

(c)changing the characteristics of land for education or test and research

(d)changing the characteristics of land for land excavation for the purpose of investigating buried cultural properties prescribed in Article 92, paragraph (1) of the Cultural Properties Protection Act

(e)changing the characteristics of land for beach nourishment;

(f)changing the characteristics of land in connection with construction, reconstruction or expansion of a structure, mining minerals, or quarrying soil and stones

The act in question is to fall under any of the following, and the methods and scale of the act have a low risk of hindering nature conservation in the land where the act is implemented and the surrounding areas of land.

(a)quarrying soil and stones within an area of a river or a waterway provided for public use

(b)quarrying soil and stones for welling up water or excavating a hot spring

(c)mining minerals or quarrying soil and stones for education or test and research

(d)mining minerals or quarrying soil and stones for a geological survey to carry out construction, reconstruction, or extension of a structure

(e)mining minerals or quarrying soil and stones by a non-strip mining method

The methods and scale of the act in question have a low risk of hindering nature conservation in the land where the act is implemented and the surrounding areas of land.

The methods and scale of the act in question have a low risk of hindering nature conservation in the land where the act is implemented and the surrounding areas of land .

The methods and scale of felling trees or bamboo in question have a low risk of hindering nature conservation on the land where felling is carried out and the surrounding areas of land.

The methods and scale of the damage to the relevant trees or bamboo have a low risk of hindering the trees and bamboo in light of the growing conditions for trees and bamboo on the land where they will be damaged.

The methods and scale of the act in question have a low risk of hindering nature conservation in the land where the act is implemented and within the surrounding areas of land.

The method and scale of the act in question has a low risk of hindering nature conservation in the land where the act is implemented and within the surrounding areas of land.

The methods and scale of the act in question and the state of the sewage or waste water in question have a low risk of hindering nature conservation in the area of the lake, pond, or wetland.

The methods and scale of the act in question have a low risk of hindering nature conservation in the land where the act is implemented and within the surrounding areas of land.

Regardless of the provisions of the preceding items, the acts in question have a low risk of hindering nature conservation in the land where the act is implemented and the surrounding areas of land.

(a)acts which are necessary and unavoidable to prevent disasters

(b)acts to be carried out in accordance with a recommendation by an administrative authority under laws and regulations

(a)installing a sign for forest conservation management, or installing a sign, birdhouse, feeding booth or water supply booth for conservation and breeding of wild birds and animals.

(b)installing a sign, pile, alarm unit, rainfall observation facility, water level observation facility, and other structures similar thereto for managing the land designated pursuant to the provisions of Article 2 of the Erosion Control Act, the coastal preservation zone prescribed in Article 3 of the Coast Act, the landslide prevention areas prescribed in Article 3 of the Landslide Prevention Act, the river area prescribed in Article 6, paragraph (1) of the River Act or the steep slope collapse risk area prescribed in Article 3 of the Act on Prevention of Disasters Caused by Steep Slope Collapses.

(c)installing a survey marker prescribed in Article 10, paragraph (1) of the Survey Act or a hydrographic survey marker prescribed in Article 5, paragraph (1) of the Act on Services Related to Waterways

(d)installing a boundary marker;

(e)reconstructing or extending facilities set forth in Article 3, item (i) of the Act on Development of Fishing Ports and Grounds, facilities set forth in the same Article, item (ii), (a), (b), (c), (k), or (l) (excluding parking and heliports for facilities set forth in the same item (a), and limited to sites for a public facility for facilities set forth in the same item (c)), facilities that have been deemed to be a port facility pursuant to the provisions of Article 40 of the same Act prior to when a special zone was designated or the zone was extended, or facilities that have been deemed to be a port facility pursuant to the provisions of the same Article and that have been installed with permission under Article 25, paragraph (4) of the Act (including those related to consultations under the second paragraph of Article 21, paragraph (1) of the Act as applied mutatis mutandis to Article 30 of the Act).

(f)installing a sign under the fishing port management rules prescribed in Article 34 of the Act on Development of Fishing Ports and Grounds;

(g)reconstructing or extending facilities related to the business concerning the improvement of a structure of a shore fishery necessary for carrying out the maintenance and development of the production base of a shore fishery

(h)reconstructing or extending facilities for propagation and aquaculture related to business based on a coastal marine resource development plan prescribed in Article 7 of the Marine Resources Development Promotion Act

(i)reconstructing roads (excluding roads prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Road Act; limited to pavement, mitigation of a slope, improvement of the linearity and other acts that do not bring about significant change to the current situation of a road)

(j)reconstructing or extending a traffic signal, protective fence, retaining wall, and other objects for ensuring traffic safety of roads, railroads, tracks or cableways (for a traffic signal, including construction)

(k)installing objects displaying a station sign, bus stop sign or tariff, transportation agreement or other those equivalents thereto in waiting rooms of railroads, tracks or cableways, or a business office or a waiting room of a passenger transport business by an automobile or vessel

(l)reconstructing or extending a platform of a railway, track or cableway (including a shelter)

(m)reconstructing or extending waste oil disposal facilities prescribed in Article 3, item (xiv) of the Act on Prevention of Marine Pollution and Maritime Disaster

(n)reconstructing or extending navigation aids or other facilities to ensure the safety of navigation of vessels

(o)constructing temporary structures as an emergency measure to avoid imminent danger faced by vessels or cargos

(p)reconstructing or extending air navigation facilities prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (5) of the civil aeronautics Act

(q)reconstructing or extending postboxes, collective mailboxes, mailboxes for correspondence delivery, public telephone facilities, or landmarks prescribed in Article 141, paragraph (3) of the Telecommunications Business Act (Act No. 86, 1984)

(r)reconstructing or extending electric lines for electricity supply, lines or antenna systems for wire telecommunication (including supports; excluding the reconstruction or extension in the case that the height exceeds 20 meters after reconstruction or extension)

(s)reconstructing, or extending structures for observations of meteorological phenomena, terrestrial phenomena, tremors and ground deformations, terrestrial magnetism, terrestrial electricity, or hydrological phenomena

(t)laying water pipes, gas pipes, electric lines for electricity supply, lines for wire telecommunication, or other structures similar to them under the road

(u)constructing, reconstructing, or extending Shinto shrine archways, lanterns, tombstones or other similar objects in precinct yards or cemeteries

(v)reconstructing or extending a watchtower or alarm bell tower used for fire or water defense

(w)constructing, reconstructing, or extending structures that fall under any of the following items within a site where a building exists (for the reconstruction or extension of the structures set forth in (a) through (c), or (h), limited to cases where a reconstructed or extended structure set forth in (a) through (c), or (h) would exist after the reconstruction or extension)

a. poultry shed or animal quarters with a height of no more than 5 meters and a total floor area of no more than 30 square meters

b. antenna system (including supports) or those equivalent thereto whose height is not more than 20 meters

c. a drying area whose height does not exceed the height of that building

d. flagpoles or those equivalent thereto

e. gate, fence, water supply facility or extinguishment facility

f. building equipment prescribed in Article 2, item (iii) of the Building Standards Act (Act No. 201 of 1950)

g. structures to be installed under ground (excluding a building)

h. any other structures whose height is not more than 5 meters (excluding a building)

(x)constructing, reconstructing, or extending temporary structures for conducting the acts granted permission under Article 25, paragraph (4) of the Act (including the acts related to the consultations under the second sentence of Article 21, paragraph (1) of the Act as applied mutatis mutandis to Article 30 of the Act), or the acts set forth in each item of this Article (excluding accommodations) within a construction site related to the acts

(y)installing a sign pursuant to the provisions of laws and regulations or for the purpose of safety

(z)installing structures for conducting certified programs for the rehabilitation of natural habitats and maintenance of viable populations, etc. prescribed in Article 47, paragraph (1) of the Act on Conservation of Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (Act No. 75 of 1992) (hereinafter referred as to "certified programs for the rehabilitation of natural habitats and maintenance of viable populations, etc.")

(aa)installing cameras and other observation equipment, signs, piles or other similar items for preventing damages to the ecosystem by wild birds and animals

(bb)installing cameras, or other observation equipment or signs, or piles or other similar items for the control of designated invasive alien species under Chapter 3 of the Act on the Prevention of Adverse Ecological Impacts Caused by Designated Invasive Alien Species

(a)mining minerals or quarrying soil and stones within a site where a building exists

(b)drilling for the mining of minerals within an area of the land where mining rights prescribed in Article 5 of Mining Act (Act No. 289 of 1950) are set

(c)mining minerals or quarrying soil and stones for test and research by a test and research authority of the State or local public body (limited to what has been notified to the Minister of the Environment in advance)

(d)mining minerals or quarrying soil and stones for education or academic research in the universities prescribed in Article 1 of the School Education Act (Act No. 26 of 1947) (limited to those activities for which a notice has been given to the Minister of the Environment in advance (for public universities (excluding the universities founded by an incorporated municipal university prescribed in Article 68, paragraph (1) of the Act on Regional Incorporated Administrative Agencies Act (Act No. 118 of 2003); the same applies hereinafter), limited to those activities which have been notified to the Minister of the Environment)

(a)raising or lowering the water level or water volume of a pond or swamp, etc. within a site where a building exists

(b)raising or lowering the water level or water volume of a pond or swamp, etc. within fields

(c)raising or lowering the water level or water volume of a river, lake, pond, etc. by operating a structure for which construction, reconstruction, or extension had been already launched when a special zone was designated or that zone was extended.

(a)felling trees or bamboo whose height is not more than 10 meters within a site where a building exists

(b)conducting selective cutting of trees or bamboo to allocate for private use (limited to the selective cutting of individual trees)

(c)weeding, climber cutting, or thinning for nurturing of forests

(d)felling dead or damaged trees and bamboo or dangerous trees and bamboo

(e)felling trees or bamboo hindering measurements, field investigations, or the maintenance of a facility

(f)felling the trees or bamboo related to the permission of the Minister of the Environment under Article 10, paragraph (1) of the Act on Conservation of Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, which pertain to nationally endangered species of wild fauna and flora prescribed in Article 4, paragraph (3) or temporarily designated endangered species prescribed in Article 5, paragraph (1) of the same Act (including fellings related to the consultations under Article 54, paragraph (2) of the same Act)

(g)felling trees or bamboo to conduct certified programs for the rehabilitation of natural habitats and maintenance of viable populations, etc.

(h)felling trees or bamboo of invasive alien species related to the prevention under Chapter 3 of the Act on the Prevention of Adverse Ecological Impacts Caused by Designated Invasive Alien Species.

(a)damaging trees or bamboo within a site where a building exists

(b)damaging trees or bamboo to allocate for one's livelihood.

(c)damaging trees or bamboo within the extent necessary in order to maintain one's livelihood

(d)damaging dead or damaged trees and bamboo or dangerous trees and bamboo

(e)damaging trees or bamboo within the extent necessary for controlling pests

(f)damaging trees or bamboo within the extent necessary for evacuating from a disaster, disaster recovery efforts or disaster prevention

(g)damaging trees or bamboo within the extent necessary for conducting maintenance and management of a facility or equipment

(h)damaging the trees or bamboo regarding the obtained permission of the Minister of the Environment under Article 10, paragraph (1) of the Act on Conservation of Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, and those related to nationally endangered species of wild fauna and flora prescribed in Article 4, paragraph (3) or temporarily designated endangered species prescribed in Article 5, paragraph (1) of the same Act (including those related to the consultations under Article 54, paragraph (2) of the same Act)

(i)damaging trees or bamboo to conduct certified programs for the rehabilitation of natural habitats and maintenance of viable populations, etc.

(j)damaging trees or bamboo within the extent necessary for conducting the environment education prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (3) of the Act on the Promotion of Environmental Conservation Activities through Environmental Education (Act No. 130, 2003)

(k)damaging trees or bamboo of invasive alien species related to the acts of prevention under Chapter 3 of the Act on the Prevention of Adverse Ecological Impacts Caused by Designated Invasive Alien Species

(l)damaging trees or bamboo within the extent necessary for maintaining and managing the land related to its ownership or rights by owners of land, trees or bamboos, or those who have rights for the purpose of use and profit (including cases when it is conducted by obtaining the consent of the owner of the land, trees or bamboos, or those who have rights for the purpose of use and profit)

(m)damaging trees or bamboo within the extent necessary for conducting inspections, researches, or other similar acts thereto under laws and regulations

(a)planting or the sowing of seeds of plants that the Minister of the Environment designates pursuant to the provisions of Article 25, paragraph (4), item (iv) of the Act to promote forest development and conservation (limited to those acts which are conducted within an area designated by the Minister of the Environment in Article 25, paragraph (4), item (iv) of the Act)

(a)releasing a dog (limited to those designated by the Minister of the Environment in Article 25, paragraph (4), item (v) of the Act; the same applies hereinafter in this item) to carry out work related to the rescue of disaster victims (limited to those released within the zones designated by the Minister of the Environment in Article 25, paragraph (4), item (v) of the Act; the same applies hereinafter in this item)

(b)releasing designated invasive alien species related to the permission of a competent minister under Article 9-2, paragraph (1) of the Act on the Prevention of Adverse Ecological Impacts Caused by Designated Invasive Alien Species.

(c)releasing a dog to capture animals of designated invasive alien species subject to control under the provisions of Chapter 3 of the Act on the Prevention of Adverse Ecological Impacts Caused by Designated Invasive Alien Species.

(d)releasing sterilized designated invasive alien species for the purpose of prevention under the provisions of Chapter 3 of the Act on the Prevention of Adverse Ecological Impacts Caused by Designated Invasive Alien Species.

(e)a dog that harms the life, body, and property of a person and that is not likely to cause problems concerning nature conservation, and one which is referenced in any of the following items:

1.releasing a police dog, a hunting dog, or those which are recognized as equivalents thereto for those purposes

2.releasing a dog for preventing damages to a person, livestock or crops by wild birds and animals

(a)discharging sewage or wastewater from erosion control facilities prescribed in Article 1 of the Erosion Control Act

(b)discharging sewage or wastewater from facilities related to projects concerning security facilities conducted pursuant to the provisions of Article 41, paragraph (1) or (3) of the Forests Act (Act No. 249 of 1951)

(c)discharging sewage or wastewater from coastal conservation facilities prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Coast Act

(d)discharging sewage or wastewater from landslide prevention facilities prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (3) of the Landslide Prevention Act

(e)discharging sewage or wastewater from river management facilities prescribed in Article 3, paragraph (2) of the River Act

(f)discharging sewage or wastewater from steep slope collapse prevention facilities prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (2) of the Act on Prevention of Disasters Caused by Steep Slope Collapses

(g)discharging sewage or wastewater from port facilities prescribed in Article 3 of the Act on Development of Fishing Ports and Grounds maintained and managed by a fishing port administrator designated pursuant to the provisions of Article 25 of the same Act

(h)discharge coolant water from a vessel

(i)discharging sewage or wastewater to public sewerage systems prescribed in Article 2, item (iii) of the Sewerage Act, regional sewerage systems prescribed in the same Article, item (iv), or urban storm drainage systems prescribed in the same Article, item (v), or discharging sewage or wastewater from these facilities

(j)discharging sewage or wastewater from housing (excluding the discharge of human waste)

(k)discharging sewage or wastewater from the waste water treatment tank prescribed in Article 31, paragraph (2) of the Building Standards Act (limited to those having the performance in accordance with the number of personnel to be processed prescribed in Article 32 of the Order for Enforcement of the Building Standards Act)

(a)using a horse, vehicle or motorboat, or landing an aircraft to manage or maintain erosion control facilities as prescribed in Article 1 of the Erosion Control Act or to monitor lands designated pursuant to the provisions of Article 2 of the same Act

(b)using a horse, vehicle or motorboat, or landing an aircraft to manage coastal preservation zones prescribed in Article 3 of the Coast Act

(c)using a horse, vehicle or motorboat, or landing an aircraft to manage the landslide prevention areas prescribed in Article 3, paragraph (1) of the Landslide Prevention Act or to conduct an investigation for the purpose of designating landslide prevention areas under the same paragraph

(d)using a horse, vehicle or motorboat, or landing an aircraft for the management of rivers prescribed in Article 3, paragraph (1) of the River Act or of other waterways for public use or to conduct an investigation for the purpose of their designation (including those investigations whose purpose is either the designation of a river area prescribed in Article 6, paragraph (1) of the same Act, the designation of a river conservation area under Article 54, paragraph (1) of the same Act, or the designation of a projected river area under Article 56, paragraph (1) of the same Act)

(e)using a horse, vehicle or motorboat, or landing an aircraft for the management of prevention areas of slope failure prescribed in Article 3, paragraph (1) of the Act on Prevention of Disasters Caused by Steep Slope Collapses or the investigation for the purpose of the designation of a prevention area of slope failure under the same paragraph

(f)using a horse, vehicle or motorboat, or landing an aircraft for enforcing fishery regulations

(g)using a horse, vehicle or motorboat, or landing an aircraft to manage land improvement facilities prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (2), item (i) of the Land Improvement Act;

(h)a person who has received a regular passenger route business license pursuant to the provisions of Article 3 of the Marine Transportation Act (Act No. 187 of 1949), or a person who has given a notification of an irregular passenger route business pursuant to the provisions of Article 20 of the same Act or received permission for an irregular passenger route business pursuant to the provisions of Article 21 of the same Act, using a motorboat to operate that business;

(i)using a horse, vehicle or motorboat, or landing an aircraft to test and conduct research by a test and research authority of the State or a local public body (limited to those which have been notified to the Minister of the Environment in advance)

(a)acts prescribed in each item of Article 34, paragraph (2) of the Forests Act in the case that is applicable to the same paragraph (including the cases as applied mutatis mutandis to Article 44 of the same Act), within areas of a protected forest designated pursuant to the provisions of Article 25, paragraph (1) or (2), or Article 25-2, paragraph (1) or (2), or within a protection facility district designated pursuant to the provisions of Article 41 of the same Act, acts to conduct businesses or constructions prescribed in Article 63, item (i) of the Regulations for Enforcement of the Forests Act (Order of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry No. 54 of 1951)

(b)acts carried out under a management plan of protected water surface prescribed in Article 17, paragraph (1) of Act on the Protection of Fishery Resources (Act No. 313 of 1951)

(c)acts carried out to run agriculture, forestry, or fishing industry; provided, however, that the following are excluded.

a. constructing, reconstructing or extending a house or a building (excluding a temporary building) with a height exceeding 5 meters or total floor area exceeding 100 square meters (including reconstruction or extension in cases where the height will exceed 5 meters or the total floor area will exceed 100 square meters after the reconstruction or extension)

b. constructing, reconstructing, or extending irrigation or drainage facilities (excluding a waterway with a width of 2 meters or less) or agricultural roads or forest roads exceeding 2 meters in width (including the reconstruction or extension in a case where the width exceeds 2 meters after reconstruction or extension)

c. construction of a new dam to for disaster prevention in agricultural lands;

d. development of residential land, or cultivation of land;

e. reclaiming land from a water area by landfill or drainage;

f. felling trees or bamboo in a zone of forest land;

(d)acts carried out as test and research in a site of a test and research authority of the State or a local public body

(e)acts carried out as education or academic research in the site of a university prescribed in Article 1 of the School Education Act

(f)acts for the preservation of important cultural properties designated pursuant to the provisions of Article 27, paragraph (1) of the Cultural Properties Protection Act, buried cultural properties prescribed in Article 92, paragraph (1) of the same Act or natural monument of historic site and place of scenic beauty designated pursuant to the provisions of Article 109, paragraph (1) of the same Act or provisionally designated pursuant to the provisions of Article 110, paragraph of the same Act (excluding the construction of a building)

(g)in case of installing or managing a park, green area, or cemetery that is recognized as a city planning facility prescribed in Article 4, paragraph (6) of the City Planning Act, or an urban park prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Urban Park Act (excluding constructing, reconstructing, or extending a cableway, cable-railway, or monorail;. or any equivalent facility that serves the purpose of transportation within a facility listed in Article 5, paragraph (6) of the Order for Enforcement of the Urban Park Act (Cabinet Order No. 290 of 1956; hereinafter referred as to "cableways, etc. that serves the purpose of transportation within a park"), or, pursuant to the provisions of Article 18, paragraph (3) of the City Planning Act (including cases applied mutatis mutandis to Article 21, paragraph (2) of the same Act), a new construction, renovation, or extension of a workpiece (excluding "cableways, etc. that serves the purpose of transportation within a park") with an area of more than 1,0000 square meters is carried out or in which the height exceeds 13 meters when projected horizontally (including the reconstruction or extension if, after construction or extension, its height exceeds 13 meters or the horizontal projection are exceeds 1,000 square meters), if carried out as the enforcement by the city planning project based on the city planning after consulting with the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism).

(h)acts carried out as the performance of obligations under laws and regulations or disposition based on this

(i)acts for repairing structures

(a)acts to be carried out by a test and research authority of the State or a local public body as a test and research (limited to those which have been notified to the Minister of the Environment in advance).

(b)acts to be conducted as education or academic research in the universities prescribed in Article 1 of the School Education Act (limited to those have been notified to the Minister of the Environment in advance (for public universities, those which have notified the Minister of the Environment))

(c)reconstructing or extending structures within an urban park prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Urban Park Act, or a park, green area, or cemetery that is a city planning facility prescribed in Article 4, paragraph (6) of the City Planning Act

(d)acts to be carried out within a site where a building exists

(e)acts related to the permission of the Minister of the Environment under Article 10, paragraph (1) of the Act on Conservation of Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (including acts related to the consultations under Article 54, paragraph (2) of the same Act)

(f)acts for conducting certified programs for the rehabilitation of natural habitats and maintenance of viable populations, etc.

(a)temporary structures (excluding ones set forth in (c))

1.the structure of the relevant structure can easily be relocated or removed.

2.the methods of the construction in question and its scale, configuration, and usage of the structure have a low risk of hindering nature conservation in the marine area where construction is implemented and a marine area surrounding its vicinity.

(b)structures to be installed under the seabed (excluding ones referred to in (c))

The methods of the construction in question and its location, scale, and usage of the structure have a low risk of hindering nature conservation in the marine area where the construction is implemented and a marine area surrounding its vicinity.

(c)structures set forth in the following:

the methods of the construction in question and its scale and configuration of the structure in question have a low risk of hindering nature conservation in the marine area where construction is implemented and a marine area surrounding its vicinity.

a. coastal conservation facilities prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Coast Act, or other facilities to prevent the intrusion or erosion by seawater

b. port facilities prescribed in Article 3 of the Act on Development of Fishing Ports and Grounds which have been deemed to be a port facility pursuant to the provisions of Article 40 of the same Act

c. facilities that have been deemed to be a port facility pursuant to the provisions of Article 2, paragraph (6) of the Ports and Harbors Act.

d. navigation aids or other facilities to ensure the navigational safety of vessels (including facilities to ensure routes for safe passage)

e. air navigation facilities prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (5) of the Civil Aeronautics Act

f. electric lines for supplying electricity, or underwater cables, water pipes prescribed in Article 140, paragraph (1) of the Telecommunications Business Act or those similar thereto

g. facilities for observing meteorological phenomena, terrestrial phenomena, tremors and ground deformations, terrestrial magnetism, terrestrial electricity, or hydrological phenomena;

h facilities for conducting education or test and research.

(a)structures to be installed under the seabed

the methods of the reconstruction in question and its usage of the structure after reconstruction have a low risk of hindering nature conservation in the marine area where reconstruction is implemented and a marine area surrounding its vicinity.

(b)other structures:

1.the height of the structures after the reconstruction in question is not to exceed the height of the structures before reconstruction.

2.the methods of the reconstruction in question and its configuration and usage of the structures after reconstruction have a low risk of hindering nature conservation in the marine area where the reconstruction is implemented and a marine area surrounding its vicinity.

(a)temporary structures;

1.a structure of the extension in question is one that can easily be relocated or removed.

2.the methods of the extension in question and the scale, configuration and usage of the structures after extension have a low risk of hindering nature conservation in the marine area where the extension is implemented and the marine area surrounding its vicinity.

(b)structures to be installed under the seabed

The methods of the extension in question and the scale and usage of the structures after extension have a low risk of hindering nature conservation in the marine area where the extension is implemented and the marine area in that vicinity

(c)other structures;

The methods of the extension in question and the scale, configuration and usage of the structures after extension have a low risk of hindering nature conservation in the marine area where the extension is implemented and the marine area in that vicinity.

The change of the characteristics of the seabed in question are to fall under any of the following, and the methods and scale of the change have a low risk of hindering nature conservation in a zone of the seabed where the change is implemented and the surrounding area.

(a)changing the characteristics of the seabed in order to ensure the safety of navigation of vessels

(b)changing the characteristics of the seabed for education or test and research

(c)changing the characteristics of the seabed for the preservation of natural monument of historic site and place of scenic beauty designated pursuant to the provisions of Article 109, paragraph (1) of the Cultural Properties Protection Act, or provisionally designated pursuant to the provisions of Article 110, paragraph (1) of the same Act

The acts in question are to fall under any of the following, and the methods and scale of the acts have a low risk of hindering nature conservation in the marine area where the act is implemented and the surrounding area.

(a)mining minerals or quarrying soil and stones for a geological survey to carry out construction, reconstruction, or extension of a structure

(b)quarrying soil and stones in order to ensure the safety of navigation of vessels

(c)quarrying soil and stones for welling up water or hot spring

(d)mining minerals or quarrying soil and stones for education or test and research

(e)mining minerals under the seabed, or quarrying soil and stones

the risk that the methods and scale of the relevant act will hinder the conservation of the natural environment in the marine area where the act is carried out and in the marine area in that vicinity is small;

The acts are to be conducted for education or test and research, and the methods and scale of the acts have a low risk of hindering them in light of the growing conditions of animals and plants in the marine area to conduct an act.

The kind and application of an item to be moored and the method and scale of the mooring have a low risk of hindering nature conservation in the marine area where the mooring is conducted and a marine area of the vicinity.

The method and scale of the use of the motorboat have a low risk of hindering nature conservation in the marine area where the use is conducted and a marine area of the vicinity.

Regardless of the provision of the preceding items, the act in question has a low risk of hindering nature conservation in the marine area where the act is implemented and a marine area of the vicinity.

(a)acts which are necessary and unavoidable to prevent disasters

(b)installation of a fish bank, or other acts for maintaining or developing fishery production base

(c)acts to be carried out in accordance with a recommendation by an administrative authority under laws and regulations

(a)acts carried out under a management plan of protected water surface prescribed in Article 17, paragraph (1) of Act on the Protection of Fishery Resources;

(b)acts to preserve a natural monument of historic site and place of scenic beauty designated pursuant to the provisions of Article 109, paragraph (1) of the Cultural Properties Protection Act, or one that is provisionally designated pursuant to the provisions of Article 110, paragraph (1) of the same Act (excluding the change of the characteristics of the seabed)

(c)acts carried out as the performance of obligations under laws and regulations or a disposition based on this

(d)acts for repairing structures

(a)buildings:a height of 10 meters, or a total floor area of 200 square meters

(b)roads:a width of 2 meters

(c)steel towers, chimneys, electric poles, or their equivalents:a height of 30 meters

(d)dams:a height of 20 meters

(e)water pipes, gas pipes, or their equivalents:a length of 200 meters, or a horizontal projection area of 200 square meters

(f)other structures:a height of 10 meters, or a horizontal projection area of 200 square meters

(a)underwater cables, water pipes, gas pipes, or those equivalents thereto:the length is 100 meters, or the horizontal projection area is 100 square meters

(b)other structures:the height is 5 meters, or the horizontal projection area is 100 square meters

(a)acts set forth in Article 19, item (i) (excluding the acts set forth in the same item, (t), (w), (x));

(b)constructing, reconstructing, or extending a road used mainly for foot traffic or bicycle traffic

(c)laying water pipes, gas pipes, electric lines for electricity supply, lines for wire telecommunication, or similar types of items

(d)constructing, reconstructing, or extending a river or other waterways provided for public use whose width is 4 meters or less (excluding the reconstruction or extension in the case when the width exceeds 4 meters after reconstruction or extension)

(e)acts that the notification under Article 28, paragraph (1) of the Act (including the information under Article 21, paragraph (2) which applies mutatis mutandis to Article 30 of the Act) has been completed (limited to acts that do not violate the orders under Article 28, paragraph (2) of the Act, and that the period of the same Article, paragraph (4) has been passed), acts set forth in each item of this Article, or constructing, reconstructing, or extending a temporary structure (excluding accommodations) within a construction site related to the acts to construct, reconstruct, or extend a structure that does not exceed the standards prescribed in Article 27, item (i) (excluding the reconstruction or extension in cases when it exceeds the standards prescribed in the same item after reconstruction or extension)

(a)what is set forth in Article 17, item (iv), (b) through (e)

(b)changing the characteristics of the land within the area of land to conduct the construction, reconstruction, or extension for constructing, reconstructing, or extending a structure that does not exceed the standards prescribed in Article 27, item (i) (excluding the reconstruction or extension in cases when it exceeds the standards prescribed in the same item after reconstruction or extension)

(c)changing the characteristics of the land which area does not exceed 200 square meters (for the seabed, 100 square meters), and what does not involve an earth cut or embankment that has a slope exceeding 2 meters in height

(a)what is set forth in Article 17, item (v), (b) through (e)

(b)the area of the land that the act is conducted does not exceed 200 square meters (for the seabed, 100 square meters), and what does not involve earth cut or embankment that has a slope exceeding 2 meters height

(a)raising or lowering the water level or water volume of a pond and swamp, etc. of fields within a special zone

(b)raising or lowering the water level or water volume of a river, lake, pond, etc. within the special zone by operating a structure whose construction, reconstruction, or extension has been already launched when a special zone was designated or that zone was extended.

(a)acts carried out under a management plan of a protected water surface prescribed in Article 17, paragraph (1) of Act on the Protection of Fishery Resources;

(b)acts carried out to run agriculture, forestry, or fishing industry; provided however, excluding the following acts.

a. constructing, reconstructing or extending a housing or a building whose height exceeds 10 meters or total floor area exceeds 500 square meters (excluding a temporary building) (including the reconstruction or extension in the case when the height exceeds 10 meters or the total floor area exceeds 500 square meters after reconstruction or extension)

b. constructing, reconstructing, or extending irrigation or drainage facilities (excluding a waterway of 4 meters width or less) or agricultural roads or forest roads whose width exceeds 4 meters (including the reconstruction or extension in the case when the width exceeds 4 meters after reconstruction or extension)

c. construction of a new dam to prevent a disaster of agricultural lands;

d. development of residential land;

e. cultivation of land (excluding a person who engages in agriculture conducts this for the purpose to manage it in an integrated manner close to its cropland or meadow/pastureland related to its management)

f. reclaiming land from a water area by landfill or drainage (excluding a person who engages in agriculture conducts the reclamation of a pond and swamp, etc. which intervened the land related to the development or improvement of cropland or meadow/pastureland)

(c)acts to be conducted for the installation of a fish bank, or the maintenance or development of other fishery production bases

(d)acts set forth in Article 19, item (xii), (d) through (i) (for acts set forth in (f) of the same item, including the construction of a building)

(e)acts to be carried out within the site that a building exists (excluding construction, reconstruction, or extending of a building)

(a)understanding and monitoring the situation of the ecosystem

(b)preventing animals and plants that are likely to hinder the maintenance and recovery of the ecosystem

(c)maintaining or improving a habitat environment of animals and plants or a growing environment

(d)protecting the viable population of animals and plants necessary for the maintenance or restoration of the ecosystem

(e)dissemination and awareness-raising to contribute to the maintenance or recovery of the ecosystem

(f)the investigation, etc. necessary for projects set forth in the preceding each item

(a)a person who is unable to appropriately carry out the necessary cognition, judgment and communication in carrying out an ecosystem preservation and restoration program in an appropriate and reliable manner due to a mental impairment.

(b)a person who has been penalized pursuant to the provisions of the Act and for whom two years have not passed since the day on which the person finished serving their sentence or to being subject to enforcement;

to be prospecting for minerals, and falls under all of the following:

(a)it is found that the purpose of the act cannot be achieved in any place other than the place related to the application;

(b)of the person who will conduct the specified act; to have a plan which is found to enable the implementation of continuous monitoring of the impact of the specified act on the natural environment;

(c)changes in the characteristics of the seabed associated with the specified act have low risk of hindering the conservation of the natural environment in the seabed area where the act is carried out and that vicinity;

changes in the characteristics of the seabed associated with the specified act have a low risk of hindering the conservation of the natural environment in the seabed area where the act is carried out and that vicinity;

it is found that the purpose of the act cannot be achieved in any place other than the place related to the application, and changes in the characteristics of the seabed associated with the specified act have a low risk of hindering the conservation of the natural environment in the seabed area where the act is carried out and that vicinity.