2019 Volume 65 Issue 1 Pages 49-59
In this study, the author extracted remarks of the members of the National Diet about the countermeasures against pollinosis from the National Diet minutes since the １st special session in 1947, and categorized them into the following 4 groups: (1) forest and forestry issues, (2） medical issues, (3） environmental issues and (4) other countermeasures, and then analyzed the number of remarks in each group, contents and transition of remarks about the countermeasures in forest and forestry issues．These analyses of the Diet deliberations revealed that (1) remarks about the countermeasures in forest and forestry issues account for the largest proportion of total remarks about the countermeasures against pollinosis, and this tendency has been stronger in recent years; (2） the countermeasures in forest and forestry issues have remained to be of interest for more than ３０ years since the first remark by a Diet member on this issue was made in 1986; (3） contents of remarks about the countermeasures in forest and forestry issues have deepened as exemplified by detailed remarks related to the effectiveness of individual measures and methodology of target setting since around FY 2004 and it contributed to the accelerating promotions of the countermeasures．
