Special thanks: this congress is financed by mainly donations from many individuals and organizations. Supporting Bodies Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Ministry of the Environment ILO Tokyo Branch Office Tokyo Metropolitan Government Japanese Trade Union Confederation (JTUC-RENGO) Japan Medical Association Japan Federation of Bar Associations Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Inc. Asahi Shimbun Asbestos Hazards and Mesothelioma Study Group Organization for Research and Communication on Environmental Risk of Chemicals Japanese Chemical Society of Japan Japan Association on the Environmental Studies Japanese Society for Risk Analysis: Japan-section Japanese Japanese Society for Hygiene Japanese Geological Society of Japan Japan Society of Waste Management Experts Society of Environmental Science, Japan Japanese Japan Lung Cancer Society Architecutural Institute of Japan Japan Society for Occupational Health Japanese Japan Society on Water Environment Building Center of Japan Japan Building Materials Association Japanese Center for Environmental Information Science Japanese Tajiri Muneaki Memorial Fund Collegium Ramazzini Society of Occupational and Environmental Health Scientific Committee on Respiratory Disorders of the International Commission on Occupational Health (SC-RD, ICOH) European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) International Mesothelioma Interest Group (IMIG) Sponsors Ban Asbestos Network Japan (BANJAN) Japanese International Ban Asbsetos Secretariat (IBAS) All-Japan Prefectural and Municipal Workers Union (JICHIRO) National Federation of Construction Workers' Unions (ZENKENSOREN) Japanese Japan Teachers Union (NIKKYOSO) Japanese All Japan Dockworkers Union (ZENKOWAN) Japanese All Japan Shipbuilding and Engineering Union (ZENZOSEN) Japanese Japan Water Supply Workers' Union (ZENSUIDO) Japanese All Japan Garrison Forces Labor Union (ZENCHURO) Consumers Union of Japan Japanese Association of Institutions for Community and Occupational Health Care (AICOC) Japanese Mesothelioma Pneumoconiosis Asbestos Center (MPAC) Japanese Japan Association of Mesothelioma and Asbestos Related-Diseases Victims and Their Families