• Administrative Guidance on Manufacture, Import, etc. of Organic Pigments that can Unintentionally Contain Polychlorinated Biphenyls (Seventh Report) (May 10, 2013)Press Release
• Compiled Results of Reanalysis of the Presence of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) as By-products in Organic Pigments (May 10, 2013)Press Release
• Cabinet Decision on the Bill for the Act for Partial Revision of the Act on Ensuring the Implementation of Recovery and Destruction of Fluorocarbons concerning Designated Products (April 19, 2013)Press Release
• Administrative Guidance on Manufacture, Import, etc. of Organic Pigments that can Unintentionally Contain Polychlorinated Biphenyls (Sixth Report) (March 22, 2013)Press Release
• Release of FY 2011 PRTR Data
  Summary of Statistical Results Regarding Released and Transferred Amounts of Chemical Substances (February 28, 2013)Press Release
• Results of Amount of Fluorocarbons Recovered from Commercial Air-conditioning and Refrigeration Units Pursuant to the “Law for Recovery and Destruction of Fluorocarbons Contained in Commercial Air-conditioning and Refrigeration Units” of FY2011 (December 21, 2012)Press Release
• Administrative Guidance on Manufacture, Import, etc. of Organic Pigments that can Unintentionally Contain Polychlorinated Biphenyls (Fifth Report) (September 6, 2012)Press Release
• METI signed the Memorandum of Cooperation on Strengthening Chemical Management with the Ministry of Industry, Kingdom of Thailand (August 31, 2012)Press Release
• Summarized Results of the Second Investigation into the Presence of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) as By-products in Organic Pigments (August 30, 2012)Press Release
• First FY 2012 Meeting of the Chemical Substances Council (August 28, 2012)Press Release
• Results of the Amount of Destroyed Fluorocarbons Pursuant to the Law for Ensuring the Implementation, Recovery and Destruction of Fluorocarbons Concerning Specified Products of FY2011 (August 3, 2012)Press Release
• METI signed the Memorandum of Cooperation on Strengthening Chemical Management with the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) of Viet Nam (July 17, 2012)Press Release
• First Meeting of a Study Group on a Technically and Economically Feasible Level for Reduction of the Content of By-product PCBs in Organic Pigments (July 2, 2012)Press Release
• Fourth Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC4) to Prepare a Global Legally Binding Instrument on Mercury to be Held in Punta del Este, Uruguay (June 19, 2012)Press Release
• The Fourth Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC4) to Prepare a Global Legally Binding Instrument on Mercury in Punta del Este, Uruguay (July 6, 2012)Press Release
• Summarized Results of the First Investigation into the Presence of Polychlorinated Biphenyl (PCB) as Byproducts in Organic Pigments (May 28, 2012)Press Release
• Results of the Asia-Pacific Meeting before the Fourth Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to Prepare a Global Legally Binding Instrument on Mercury (May 21, 2012)Press Release
• The Asia-Pacific Meeting held before the Fourth Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to Prepare a Global Legally Binding Instrument on Mercury (May 8, 2012)Press Release
• Administrative Guidance on Manufacture, Import, etc. of Organic Pigments that can Unintentionally Contain Polychlorinated Biphenyl (Fourth Report) (April 20, 2012)Press Release
• Revised System for Provision of Information (SDS and Labelling) of Hazardous Chemical Substances by business operators (April 20, 2012)Press Release
• Organic Pigments That Can Unintentionally Contain Polychlorinated Biphenyl (Report No. 3) (March 16, 2012)Press Release
• The first meeting of the Study Committee on Risk Assessment of Byproduct PCB in Organic Pigments (March 16, 2012)Press Release
• Release of FY 2010 PRTR data: A summary of release and transfer amounts of chemical substances (March 13, 2012)Press Release
• Organic Pigments That Can Unintentionally Contain Polychlorinated Biphenyl (Second Report) (February 17, 2012)Press Release
• Organic Pigments That Can Unintentionally Contain Polychlorinated Biphenyl (February 10, 2012)Press Release

Chemical Management Policy Division, Manufacturing Industries Bureau