Measures to Reduce Vehicle Emissions

(a) Interim Report: urgent measures that should be implemented to prevent harmful air pollutants (October 18, 1996). (b) Report No. 2: measures to reduce exhaust emissions from motor vehicles that utilize gasoline or liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) as fuel, hereafter they are referred to as gasolineor LPG-fueled motor vehicles, respectively, and also special motor vehicles, which are the largeand small-sized special motor vehicles specified in the Road Vehicle Act (November 21, 1997). (c) Report No. 3: includes (1) the target to reduce nitrogen oxides and particulates emitted from diesel-powered motor vehicles from 2002 to 2004, which is the "new diesel short-term target," and to further reduce these pollutants by about one-half around 2007, which is the "new diesel long-term target," and (2) measures to reduce evaporative emissions from gasoline-fueled motor vehicles (December 14, 1998).