2 Violations of the Waste Management Act, etc.

  Fig. 1-2-2-2 shows the number of persons newly received by public prosecutors offices for violations of the Waste Management Act over the last 10 years.

Fig. 1-2-2-2  Number of persons newly received by public prosecutors offices for violations of the Waste Management Act (1998–2007)

  The number of persons newly received for violations of the Waste Management Act has continued to increase over the last 10 years, and in 2007, it increased by 13.1% from the previous year.
  In addition, violation of the Wildlife Protection Act has been increasing in recent years among environment related special act offenses, with the number of persons newly received by public prosecutors offices totaling 692 in 2007, up by 20.1% from the previous year (see Appendix 1-4).