Selection from "Information Disclosure: One Hundred Samples"

In Jule, 2000, Information Clearinghouse Japan published a small volume titled "Informaiton Disclosure: One Hundred Samples." The intention was to produce a broad sampling of cases in which information requesters had used local government rules to examine government files in order to gather information of importance to daily life.

The collection spans a broad range of practical topics, including construction and public works affaecting redidental areas, environmental protection and the waste disposal, city planning, education, product safety and many others. It includes the very first request filed under a prefectural ordinance in 1983 as well as requests filed as recently as 2000.

ICJ has prepared English summary of 12of the 100 cases as below.

　

1　 Report on the Dynamics of Groundwater Contamination ; Takatsuki city
2　 Vice Governor Meeting Minutes ; Tottori Prefecture
3　 Minutes from Explanatory Meeting with Building Contractor ; Funabashi city
4　 Process for Selection of Architect for a Public Art Museum ; Fuchu city
5　 List of Buildings thet Present a Danger of Falling Objects ; Tokyo
6　 Report on the Occurrnce of Side-effects Associated with inoculation of the naccine MMR ; 16 prefectual governments
7　 Copies of Applicartions for Approval of Phamaceutical Products ; Tokyo
8 Standards for Selection of Children to a Day Care Program ; Kawasaki city
9 List of Products Sold Door-to-Door that Cause Many Complaints ; Kanagawa
10　 Lisiting of Land Parcels held for Development by Public Corporations ; Kawasaki city
11　 Receipts for Expenses incurred by Local Assembly Memebers on Overseas Trip ; Tokyo
12　 Dossuments concerning the Employment of Handicapped Persons by Specific Companies ; Osaka

　

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