April 30	Global Supply and Demand Trends for Petrochemical Products (for the period from 2004 to 2017)

April 30	Second Round of Negotiations for Japan-Canada Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)
April 26	METI to Strengthen Efforts to Disseminate Recall Information
April 26	Summer Energy Conservation Measures
April 26	METI has Developed Guidelines for the Promotion of Fair Subcontracting Practices
April 26	2013 White Paper on Small and Medium Enterprises in Japan

April 26	The Second LNG Producer-Consumer Conference to be held

April 22	Minister Motegi Participated in the 2013 Meeting of APEC Ministers Responsible for Trade (MRT)
April 19	State Minister Sugawara Visited Mumbai and Attended the Fourth Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM4)

April 15	JPO and Indonesia's DGIPR to Advance cooperation in Patent Examination
April 15	Results of the Third ASEAN-Japan Heads of Intellectual Property Offices Meeting Held in Kyoto

April 22	Public Release of the “2013 Report on Compliance by Major Trading Partners with Trade Agreements – WTO, FTA/EPAs, and BITs” and “METI Priorities Based on the Report”
April 19	Second East Asia Low Carbon Growth Partnership Dialogue
April 19	First Round of Negotiations on a Japan-EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)
April 18	Results of the Regional Economic and Industrial Research (January–March 2013)

April 19	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 17	Expansion of India-Japan Energy Forum 2013
April 16	Cabinet Decision on the Bill for the Small Enterprises Revitalization Act

April 16	Announcement Regarding the Present Status of Introduction for Facilities Generating Renewable Energy as of January 31, 2013
April 15	Test Drilling of Oil and Natural Gas Resources has begun off the Southwest Coast of Sado, Niigata Prefecture

April 15	May 10th is Geology Day

April 12	FY 2011 Energy Supply and Demand Report (revised report)
April 12	Cabinet Decision on the Bill for the Act for Partial Revision of the Electricity Business Act

April 11	Japan and Mongolia Held the First Joint Committee Concerning the Joint Crediting Mechanism

April 11	Japan requests the establishment of a panel under the WTO Agreement regarding China’s measure imposing Anti-dumping Duties on Certain High-performance Stainless Steel Seamless Tubes from Japan.
April 11	The Second Round of Negotiations for Japan-Canada Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)

April 9	IAEA Review Mission on Mid-and-Long-Term Roadmap towards the Decommissioning of TEPCO’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station Units 1-4
April 9	First Round of Negotiations on a Japan-EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)

April 5	Extension of Ban on Imports from and Exports to North Korea, pursuant to the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act
April 5	Entities and Individuals Subject to Asset-freezing Measures against Those Involved in North Korea’s Nuclear, other WMD, and Ballistic Missile Development Programs
April 5	Survey of Factory Location Trends: 2012 Preliminary Report (January–December)
April 5	Summary of the Third Round of Negotiations for the Japan-Mongolia Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)
April 4	Basic Plan for the Japan Pavilion in Expo Milano 2015 was Formulated

April 2	The Safety Committee under the Industrial Structure Council Compiled a Report

April 1	Kyoto Mechanisms Credit Acquisition Program in FY 2012

April 2	Steel Demand Prospect for the First Quarter of FY2013 (April–June 2013)
April 2	Cabinet Decision on the Policy on Electricity System Reform

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