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March 2008

March 31 (released in Japanese on March 27)

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March 31 Second plenary meeting of the Industry-Academia Partnership for Human Resource Development

March 28 (released in Japanese on March 26)

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March 28 Authorization of management resources reallocation plan of JMTR Co., Ltd. under the Law on Special Measures for Industrial Revitalization
March 28 Decision on objection to authorization of change to nuclear reactor installation at the FBR Monju power station (Power Reactor and Nuclear Fuel Development Corporation) and to authorization of change to nuclear reactor installation at Prototype FBR Monju (Japan Nuclear Cycle Development Institute)
March 28 Authorization of the business restructuring plan of Toshiba Consumer Marketing Corporation under the Law on Special Measures for Industrial Revitalization
March 28 What caused KEPCO to decrease the power output at Ohi Nuclear Power Station Unit 2 and countermeasures to prevent similar incidents in the future
March 28 Permission for changes to nuclear fuel material processing operations at enrichment and storage plant of Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd.

March 27 (released in Japanese on March 25)

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March 27 Cooperation on unfair trade practices to be established between METI and the Japan Fair Trade Commission
March 27 Report by the Study Group on the Use of e-receivables: "Toward Ensuring Reliability of e-Receivables"

March 26 (released in Japanese on March 24)

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March 26 Approval of changes made to safety regulations governing nuclear fuel material processing facilities (Global Nuclear Fuel-Japan Co., Ltd.)
March 26 Issuance of a pre-service facility inspection certificate concerning modifications to fabrication facilities (Kumatori Works, Nuclear Fuel Industries, Ltd.)
March 26 Issuance of a regular facility inspection certificate for fabrication facilities (Global Nuclear Fuel-Japan Co., Ltd.)
March 26 Distribution of "SHIN-ZUI" and "SHIN-KA 2008," booklets to advertise the Japanese textile fashion industry

March 25 (released in Japanese on March 21)

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March 25 Approval of the operation plan for a Technology Licensing Organization to be registered under the Law Promoting Technology Transfer from Universities to Industry Approval of 47th Technology Licensing Organization (TLO)
March 25 Basic Survey on SMEs (preliminary report summary, September 2007) Cross-industrial survey of SMEs
March 25 The Cabinet Ordinance to Amend the Enforcement Order for the Consumer Product Safety Law and the Cabinet Ordinance to Define the Implementation Date of the Law to Amend the Consumer Product Safety Law
March 25 Notification of corrections to the application of Electric Power Development Co., Ltd. (J-Power) for permission for nuclear reactor installation at Oma Nuclear Power Station and corrections to appendixes to the request for deliberation of the Nuclear Safety Commission of Japan
March 25 Issuance of a regular facility inspection certificate for Unit 1 of Genkai Nuclear Power Plant, Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc.

March 24 (released in Japanese on March 18, 19)

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March 24 Approval of the proposal for international standardization of Material Flow Cost Accounting (MFCA) : Decision made to start Japan-led activities for international standardization
March 24 Sonar survey in Tsuruga Bay and Obama Bay and offshore of Fukushima
March 24 Establishment of a JIS standard for recall announcements on consumer products (Commencement of deliberations by the Japanese Industrial Standards Committee)

March 21 (released in Japanese on March 3, 14)

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March 21 Release of the IRRS Reports
March 21 Summary of joint meeting between the Product Safety Subcommittee under the Industrial Structure Council's Consumer Policy Committee and the Consumer Affairs Council's Product Safety Committee
March 21 Revision of JIS Applicable to Bicycle Air Pumps
March 21 Commencement of the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the JPO and the GPTO and Expansion of Eligibility for the Patent Prosecution Highway Pilot Program between the JPO and the UK-IPO

March 19 (released in Japanese on March 14 and 17)

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March 19 Authorization of changes to designs and construction methods in connection with modifications to fabrication facilities
March 19 Issuance of a pre-service facility inspection certificate concerning modifications to fabrication facilities (Global Nuclear Fuel-Japan Co., Ltd.)
March 19 Corrosion in the condensate tank of Unit 1 of Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc.'s Hamaoka Nuclear Power Station
March 19 Receipt of the Accident Management Improvement Report on the Prototype Fast-Breeder Reactor Monju
March 19 April 18 is Invention Day -Announcement of Invention Day Festa
March 19 J-Power partially amends its application for permission to install a nuclear reactor at Oma Nuclear Power Station
March 19 Seismic safety evaluation (interim) report of Shika Nuclear Power Station, following the revision of the "Guidelines for Seismic Design Evaluation of Nuclear Power Reactor Facilities"
March 19 Results of NISA's assessment of Hokuriku Electric Power Company for the implementation status of comprehensive safety-measure inspections and preventive measures at Shika Nuclear Power Station
March 19 Family Energy Festival 2008

March 18 (released in Japanese on March 14)

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March 18 Revision of the Basic Policy on Specified Radioactive Waste Final Disposal and the Specified Radioactive Waste Final Disposal Plan

March 17 (released in Japanese on March 13)

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March 17 Issuance of a regular facility inspection certificate for Unit 6 of Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Station, Tokyo Electric Power Company

March 14 (released in Japanese on March 12)

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March 14 Announcement of the successful applicant for FY 2007 subsidy for strategic promotion of invigoration of commercial activities in city centers
March 14 Decrease in power output at Unit 2 of Ohi Nuclear Power Station, Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc.

March 13 (released in Japanese on March 11)

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March 13 Companies to support the campaign to reduce CO2 emissions by 1kg per day per person (Announcement)

March 12 (released in Japanese on March 10)

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March 12 Receipt of an accident management investigation report and a probabilistic safety assessment report for Unit 3 of Tomari Nuclear Power Station, under construction
March 12 Cause of and countermeasures against the damage to the welds on the primary coolant inlet nozzle stubs mounted to the steam generators of Unit 2 at Kansai Electric Power Company's Takahama Nuclear Power Station
March 12 Approval of changes made to safety regulations governing nuclear fuel material processing facilities (at Kumatori Works, Nuclear Fuel Industries, Ltd.)

March 11 (released in Japanese on March 7)

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March 11 A bill to amend the Act on Specified Commercial Transactions and the Installment Sales Act

March 7 (released in Japanese on March 4 and 5)

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March 7 Issuance of a pre-service facility inspection certificate concerning modifications to fabrication facilities (enrichment and storage plant of Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd.)
March 7 Establishment of Service Engineering Research Center
March 7 Japan-China-South Korea Seminar on IP Support for SMEs
March 7 Establishment of the Cool Earth Energy Innovative Technology Plan
March 7 Bill for Revision of the Act Concerning the Rational Use of Energy

March 6 (released in Japanese on March 4)

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March 6 Sonar survey offshore of Chuetsu, Niigata Prefecture
March 6 NISA will check the appropriateness of facilities/equipment inspection at TEPCO Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Station Unit 1
March 6 Regional efforts to reduce plastic shopping bags under the Containers and Packaging Recycling Law
March 6 Nuclear fuel transport compliance certificate issued (Mitsubishi Nuclear Fuel Co., Ltd.)
March 6 Bill for revision of the Consumer Contract Law, etc.
March 6 Results of survey on policies of local governments for intellectual property
March 6 A bill to amend the Law on the Quality Control of Gasoline and Other Fuels

March 5 (released in Japanese on March 3 )

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March 5 Fifth Meeting on Industrial Accidents
March 5 Second Kids Design Award
March 5 Events to publicize the Monodzukuri Nippon Grand Award

March 4 (released in Japanese on February 29)

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March 4 Announcement: 4th Ministerial Meeting of the Gleneagles Dialogue on Climate Change, Clean Energy and Sustainable Development (Gleneagles Dialogue Chiba 2008, JAPAN)
March 4 Revision of the Guidelines Targeting Economic and Industrial Sectors Pertaining to the Act on the Protection of Personal Information
March 4 Authorization of management restructuring plan of KVK Corporation under the Law on Special Measures for Industrial Revitalization
March 4 Request for applications for the FY 2008 Green Logistics Partnership Promotion Program: METI to support joint efforts by shipping and logistics companies to reduce CO2 emissions
March 4 Announcement on the safe use of town gas
March 4 Study Group on Economic Approaches to Counter Global Warming (provisional name)
March 4 Draft Law to Partially Amend Small Business Credit Insurance Law
March 4 Draft Law to Partially Amend Small Business Finance Corporation Law
March 4 Draft Law to Partially Amend Credit Guarantee Association Law

March 3 (released in Japanese on February 28)

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March 3 Issuance of a regular facility inspection certificate for Unit 2 of Onagawa Nuclear Power Station Tohoku Electric Power Co., Inc.