Japan has come a long way since its self-inflicted environmental disasters of the 1960s when double-digit economic growth rates spawned garbage and pollution challenges of Mount Fuji-sized proportions. Steady progress came after the government finally got serious about dealing with the problems and promulgated new laws and strengthened rules for industry and municipalities to follow when disposing of trash and environmentally harmful by-products.

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