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

Jul-28-2025 Amendment Food contact materials MHLW Japan

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 ordin...

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Japan Launches Public Consultation on JIS Standards to Align with GHS Revision 9

Jul-22-2025 Labelling Safety data sheets (SDSs) Substance & mixture classification GHS update Japan

The 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...

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

Jul-21-2025 ISHL MHLW Japan Update

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. The list was made public on...

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

Jul-21-2025 ISHL MHLW Japan Update

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....

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

Jul-18-2025 Amendment FCM MHLW Japan Positive List

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 Table 1,...

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Japan publishes GHS Classified Chemicals list for FY 2024

Jul-15-2025 GHS METI MHLW Safety data sheets (SDSs) Chemical substances Ministry of Environment MOE Japan Regulatory Updates Hazard Classification and Labelling

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 a...

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Japan releases Implementation Report on CSCL for FY 2024

Jun-30-2025 CSCL METI Japan Regulatory Updates

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 porta...

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