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Japan releases 2025 application procedure for Specific New Chemical Substances
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Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) and the Ministry of Environment (MOE) |
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Japan to revise Enforcement Order for Act on Chemical Substances Regulation
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Japan to Implement Comprehensive Ban on PFOA-related Products
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Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW), the Ministry of Economy, Trade and In |
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Japan Updates GHS Classifications for 160 Chemicals
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Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW), the Ministry of the Environment (MOE) |
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Japan Categorizes NPE as Class II Specified Chemical Substance
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Japan Categorizes NPE as Class II Specified Chemical Substance
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Update: On 5 December 2024, Japan’s MHLW, METI and MOE notified the World Trade |
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Japan: 164 Chemicals added to the "General Chemical Substance List”
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Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) and the Ministry of Environment (MOE) |
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Japan Revises Food Additive Standards in the Food Sanitation Act
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Japan Revises Food Additive Standards in the Food Sanitation Act
On 28 August 2024, Japan’s Consumer Affairs Agency (CAA) notified the World Trade Organization (WTO) of the revision of food additive standards in the Food Sanitation Act. Thes |
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Japan consults on deleting 32 entries from the Existing Food Additives List
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in the Ministry of Health and Welfare (MHLW) Public Notice No. 120, 1996. The same |
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Japan to designate 3 chemicals as Class I Specified Chemical Substances under CSCL (Updated)
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May 2026:
On 19 May 2026, Japan's MHLW, METI and MoE published the results |
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Japan Opens Public Consultation on SDS and Labelling Updates
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Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) has proposed to add 155 substances to |
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Japan to add methoxychlor dechlorane plus and UV-328 to the Export Trade Control Order
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Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) and the Ministry of Environment (MoE) |
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Japan: MHLW publishes list of chemicals that cause skin irritation
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Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) released the list of chemicals identif |
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Japan notifies draft amendment on mandatory labelling and SDS list to WTO
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Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) notified a draft to the World Trade Or |
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Japan’s MHLW Drafts Revised Criteria for Poisonous and Deleterious Substances – Comments Due by 27 January 2025
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Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) released a draft notice to revise the |
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Japan publishes English version of GHS Classified Chemicals for FY 2022
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Japan revises the Priority Assessment Chemicals list and Monitoring Procedures for FY2024
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Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) and the Ministry of Environment (MOE), |
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Japan proposes to amend the Priority Assessment Chemical Substances List
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Japan to add methoxychlor dechlorane plus and UV-328 to the Export Trade Control Order
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Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) and the Ministry of Environment (MoE) |
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Japan’s MHLW Publishes Final Enforcement Notice on Revised Criteria for Poisonous and Deleterious Substances
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Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) released the final enforcement notice |