noun
Ministry of the Environment
Official name of the Japanese government ministry responsible for environmental policy, established in 2001.
環境省は新しいリサイクル法を発表した。
The Ministry of the Environment announced a new recycling law.
環境庁 was the predecessor agency before it was upgraded to a ministry (省) in 2001. 環境省 is the current ministry-level organization.
Compound of 環境 (kankyō, 'environment') and 省 (shō, 'ministry'). The ministry was established in 2001, replacing the earlier 環境庁 (Kankyō-chō, 'Environment Agency').