Japan amends the Deleterious Substances List under PDSCA

Jul-29-2025

On 25 July 2025, Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) published draft ordinance for amending the Poisonous and Deleterious Substances List on the country’s e-Gov Public Comment Portal. Fenazaquin...

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Japan: MHLW seeks comments for amending provisions under the Food Sanitation Act

Jul-28-2025

On 28 July 2025, Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) published draft ordinance for public solicitation to amend provisions under Food Sanitation Act. MHLW published the draft ordinance on...

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Japan opens a public solicitation for JIS standards to align with GHS Rev. 9

Jul-22-2025

In order to align the draft standards, JIS Z7252 and JIS Z7253, with GHS Rev. 9 which released on the portal, the Japanese Industrial Standards Committee (JISC) recently began a public...

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Japan: MHLW revises the provisions for chemicals that cause skin irritation

Jul-21-2025

Update: On 28 February 2025, MHLW published the revised list of chemicals causing skin irritation. This revised list contains updated provisions for skin irritants. More information can be found here.   Original...

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Japan: MHLW adds 29 entries to the list of chemicals that cause skin irritation

Jul-21-2025

On 18 July 2025, The Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare (MHLW) in Japan released a list of substances that have been found to irritate skin or absorb through the skin....

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Japan adds one chemical to the Essential Monomers list under FCM Positive list

Jul-18-2025

On 4 July 2025, Japan’s Consumer Affairs Agency (CAA) released notice 437 regarding the addition of one chemical to the list of essential monomers which constitutes the base material in the...

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Japan publishes GHS Classified Chemicals list for FY 2024

Jul-15-2025

On 14 July 2025, Japan's National Institute of Technology and Evaluation (NITE) published a list of 186 substances classified in accordance with the Globally Harmonized System for Classification and Labelling (GHS)...

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Japan releases Implementation Report on CSCL for FY 2024

Jun-30-2025

On 30 June 2025, Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) published its Implementation Report on the Chemical Substances Control Law (CSCL)  for Fiscal Year 2024 (FY2024) on its portal....

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Japan establishes new standards for PFOS and PFOA in mineral water

Jun-30-2025

Update: On 30 June 2025, Japan’s Consumer Affairs Agency (CAA) released the promulgated order for new PFOS and PFOA standards for mineral water on the e-GOV Public Comment Portal.      Original Text: ...

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Japan amends New Chemical Substances List: 119 Substances Added

Jun-27-2025

On 27 June 2025, Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) announced the addition of 19 new chemicals to the New Chemicals List under the Industrial Safety and Health Act...

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