Japan plans to prohibit perfluorohexane sulfonic acid
During the Chemical Materials Japan 2022 virtual conference, which took place between 17 and 28 October 2022, the Ministry of the Environment (MOE) and the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry...
Read MoreJapan updates its occupational disease substances list
On 14 October 2022, Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) announced two different public consultation notifications to add 13 more compounds that could be hazardous to the health of...
Read MoreJapan establishes workplace substance exposure measurement standards
The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare is currently considering a shift from legally compliant risk management to autonomous risk management in response to the growing risk management of new chemicals...
Read MoreJapan announces 2023 schedule for low volume notification
On 20 October 2022, the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare (MHLW), the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI), and the Ministry of Environment (MOE) have jointly published the...
Read MoreJapan updates SDS and labelling guidelines in accordance with PRTR Law
In order to help companies, comply with the regulations for chemicals in the Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (PRTR), Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) has issued its 2022...
Read MoreJapan Implements New Export Regulations on PFOA and DecaBDE
On 14 October 2022, Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), released a notice to revise the Export Trade Control Order, regarding the export approval of Decabromodiphenyl ether (decaBDE) and...
Read MoreJapan updates its guidance for risk assessments of PACS under the CSCL
On July 15, 2022, the Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare (MHLW), the Ministry of Environment (MoE), and the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) announced that they have revised...
Read MoreJapan to launch Platform for Chemical Management Compliance
With the objective to help manufacturers comply with the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare’s (MHLW) risk control requirements and to keep abreast of new regulations being introduced under the Industrial...
Read MoreJapan seeks hazard information for ‘default candidate substances’
On 15 September 2022, the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare (MHLW), Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), and Ministry of Environment (MOE) jointly released a Notice to seek hazard...
Read MoreJapan publishes the Schedule for Notifications of New Chemicals for 2023
On 9 September 2022, the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare (MHLW), the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI), and the Ministry of Environment (MoE) jointly published the Notification...
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