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Japan solicits consultation to amend guidelines under CSCL

Aug-21-2025 Consultation CSCL METI MHLW update Ministry of Environment MOE Japan

On 20 August 2025, Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW), Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and Ministry of the Environment (MoE) jointly released the draft a...

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Japan: METI amends notifications provisions for chemicals under CSCL

Aug-20-2025 Amendment Chemical notification/ registration Consultation CSCL METI Japan

e-GOV Public Comment Portal    draftand are given below:    2. Changes to Electronic Notification Requirements (Articles 20–21)In addition to electronic signatures, (e.g., G Biz ID) will no...

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Japan amends notification rules for New Chemical Substances under CSCL

Aug-20-2025 Amendment Chemical notification/ registration Consultation CSCL METI MHLW Ministry of Environment MOE Japan

e-GOV Public Comment Portal  Small-quantity new substances  Low-volume new substancesKey Insights from the Draft AmendmentMinistry has included following amendments in the   Amendment to the Mi...

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Japan advances enforcement of chemicals under mandatory Labelling and SDS norms

Aug-06-2025 ISHL Labelling MHLW Safety data sheets (SDSs) update Enforcement Japan

Update: On 29 July 2025, Japan's MHLW released the revised enforcement notice to remove the chemicals from the list of mandatory safety data sheets (SDS) and labelling. The notice was published on the...

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Japan amends the General Chemical Substance List under CSCL

Aug-01-2025 Classification CSCL METI MHLW Ministry of Environment MOE Japan Update

On 31 July 2025, Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW), and Ministry of Environment (MOE) jointly announced the addition of 157 new subs...

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Japan amends the Deleterious Substances List under PDSCA

Aug-01-2025 Amendment GHS MHLW Safety data sheets (SDSs) Chemical inventory Japan WTO TBT Notification

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 Po...

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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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