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Japan amends notification rules for New Chemical Substances under CSCL
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Japan: METI consults on revision of PAC list for ethyl hydrogen sulphate
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Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) and Ministry of Environment (MOE) join |
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Japan advances enforcement of chemicals under mandatory Labelling and SDS norms
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e with the scheduled timeline Japan’s MHLW published the final Cabinet Order delis |
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Safety data sheets and labelling for 1469 chemicals will be mandatory in Japan
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ontrol Act (PDSCL).
According to the MHLW, it will be necessary for companies to |
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Japan is moving forward with the ban on the PFOA and its salts
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Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) announced an amendment to the Cabinet |
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Japan proposes to add three substances to Class I Specified Chemical Substances List under CSCL
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Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) and Ministry of Environment (MoE) rele |
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Japan publishes 2026 notification schedule for New Chemical Substances
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Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW), and Ministry of Environment (MOE) joi |
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Japan designates PFHxS-related chemicals as Class I Specified Chemicals Substances
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Japan Updates Food Additive Standards under Food Sanitation Act
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Update: On 30 January 2025, the Japanese government notified the WTO that the proposed revisions to food additive standards under the Food Sanitation Act became effective on 23 January 2025. Â
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Japan publishes 2026 application process for Specific New Chemical Substances (Updated)
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inistry of Health, Labour, and Welfare (MHLW), and the Ministry of Environment (MOE) |
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Japan amends Industrial Safety and Health Act to enhance safety data sheet delivery
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Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) notified the World Trade Organization |
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Japan proposes to amend the Priority Assessment Chemical Substances List.
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Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and |
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Japan Adds 17 Chemicals to List of Strong Mutagens
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inistry of Health, Labour, and Welfare (MHLW) updated its list of chemicals identifi |
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Japan Releases Q&A Document to Clarify Provisions of Positive List for Food Contact Materials (FCM)
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Update: On 14 May 2025, Japan’s Consumer Affairs Agency (CAA) published a revised Q&A document on its portal to further clarify the provisions of a Positive List for Food Contact Materials (FCMs). The CAA has also added a comparison of the previous |
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Japan amends the Deleterious Substances List under PDSCA (Updated)
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nistry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) released the final promulgated order o |
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Japan: MHLW seeks comments for amending provisions under the Food Sanitation Act
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Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) published draft ordinance for public s |
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Japan: MHLW Publishes Updated GHS-Compliant Model SDS Information
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Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) amended the list of GHS-compliant mode |
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Japan establishes monitoring criteria for potential substance exposure
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inistry of Health, Labour, and Welfare (MHLW) published an interim report on worker |
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Japan published 2021 schedule for low volume permit applications
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Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW), MoE and METI are jointly responsible |
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Workplace exposure limits to be established for 860 substances in Japan
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Ministry of Labour, Health and Welfare (MHLW) released a document containing a plan |