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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan launches consultation on draft design certification standards for Plastic Product Design | Regulatory Regions | stagging.gpcgateway.com | On 18 March 2025, Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW), Ministry o |
| 2 | Japan: METI consults on revision of PAC list for ethyl hydrogen sulphate | Regulatory Regions | stagging.gpcgateway.com | the same day as its publication in the Japan CHEmicals Collaborative Knowledge datab |
| 3 | Japan proposes to amend the Priority Assessment Chemical Substances List | Regulatory Regions | stagging.gpcgateway.com | the same days as its publication in the Japan CHEmicals Collaborative Knowledge datab |
| 4 | Japan Adds 17 Chemicals to List of Strong Mutagens | Regulatory Regions | stagging.gpcgateway.com | On 10 April 2025, Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare (MHLW) updated it |
| 5 | Japan Publishes Safety Review Procedures for New Substances under Food Contact Regulation | Regulatory Regions | stagging.gpcgateway.com | On 14 May 2025, Japan’s Consumer Affairs Agency (CAA) published safety review proce |
| 6 | Japan Releases Q&A Document to Clarify Provisions of Positive List for Food Contact Materials (FCM) | Regulatory Regions | stagging.gpcgateway.com | Update: On 14 May 2025, Japan’s Consumer Affairs Agency (CAA) published a revised Q |
| 7 | Japan: MHLW updates list of substances subject to labelling and SDS delivery requirements under ISHA | Regulatory Regions | stagging.gpcgateway.com | On 16 May 2025, Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare (MHLW) published th |
| 8 | Japan Releases Updated Guidelines for Revising Standards for Substances in Food-Contact Materials | Regulatory Regions | stagging.gpcgateway.com | On 28 May 2025, Japan’s Consumer Affairs Agency (CAA) released updated guidelines r |
| 9 | Japan amends New Chemical Substances List: 119 Substances Added | Regulatory Regions | stagging.gpcgateway.com | On 27 June 2025, Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) announced th |
| 10 | Japan releases Implementation Report on CSCL for FY 2024 | Regulatory Regions | stagging.gpcgateway.com | On 30 June 2025, Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) published i |
| 11 | Japan Releases further Q&A Document of Positive List for Food Contact Materials (FCM) | Regulatory Regions | stagging.gpcgateway.com | Update 2: On 26 May 2025, Japan’s Consumer Affairs Agency (CAA) released an updated |
| 12 | Japan Launches Consultation to Collect Toxicity Data for Chemicals under CSCL | Regulatory Regions | stagging.gpcgateway.com | On 29 May 2025, Japan’s Ministry of Environment (MoE), launched a public consultati |
| 13 | Japan advances enforcement of chemicals under mandatory Labelling and SDS norms | Regulatory Regions | stagging.gpcgateway.com | Update: On 29 July 2025, Japan's MHLW released the revised enforcement notice to remo |
| 14 | Japan adds 50 chemicals to carcinogenic list effective from 1 April 2027 | Regulatory Regions | stagging.gpcgateway.com | On 6 June 2025, Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) published a l |
| 15 | Japan’s Positive List for Food Contact Materials (FCMs) effective from 1 June 2025 | Regulatory Regions | stagging.gpcgateway.com | Japan’s Positive List (PL) for food contact materials (FCMs) entered into force on |
| 16 | Japan publishes GHS Classified Chemicals list for FY 2024 | Regulatory Regions | stagging.gpcgateway.com | On 14 July 2025, Japan's National Institute of Technology and Evaluation (NITE) publi |
| 17 | Japan adds one chemical to the Essential Monomers list under FCM Positive list | Regulatory Regions | stagging.gpcgateway.com | On 4 July 2025, Japan’s Consumer Affairs Agency (CAA) released notice 437 regarding |
| 18 | Japan: MHLW revises the provisions for chemicals that cause skin irritation | Regulatory Regions | stagging.gpcgateway.com | Original Text: On 23 October 2024, Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welf |
| 19 | Japan: MHLW adds 29 entries to the list of chemicals that cause skin irritation | Regulatory Regions | stagging.gpcgateway.com | f Health, Labour, and Welfare (MHLW) in Japan released a list of substances that have |
| 20 | Japan Launches Public Consultation on JIS Standards to Align with GHS Revision 9 | Regulatory Regions | stagging.gpcgateway.com | The Japanese Industrial Standards Committee (JISC) has launched a public consultation |
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