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 MoreThe Japanese Industrial Standards Committee (JISC) has launched a public consultation on draft standards JIS Z7252 and JIS Z7253, to bring Japan’s chemical communication framework into line with the ninth revised...
Read MoreOn 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....
Read MoreUpdate: 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 MoreOn 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 MoreUpdate: 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 MoreOn 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....
Read MoreOn 27 June 2025, Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) announced the addition of 119 new chemicals to the New Chemicals List under the Industrial Safety and Health Act...
Read MoreJapan’s Positive List (PL) for food contact materials (FCMs) entered into force on 1 June 2025. On the same day, the Consumer Affairs Agency (CAA) published a manual introducing the positive...
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