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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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...
Read MoreJul-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...
Read MoreJul-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...
Read MoreJul-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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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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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)...
Read MoreJun-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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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: ...
Read MoreJun-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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