Service Industries Policy

Press Releases and Related Information

• Allocation Rate of Credit Card Merchant Fee Disclosed (June 01, 2023)
• Briefing Session to the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat and Experts on the Current Status of Advanced Liquid Processing System (ALPS) Treated Water at TEPCO’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (April 06, 2023)
• Discussion by Study Group on the Future Direction of Cashless Payment Summarized (March 20, 2023)
• Standard Rates for Credit Card Interchange Fees Disclosed (November 30, 2022)
• Standard Rates for Credit Card Interchange Fees Will Be Disclosed (September 14, 2022)
• Interim Report by the Pallet Standardization Promotion Subcommittee of the Public-Private Round Table for Standardizing Distribution Released (June 27, 2022)
• Call for Outstanding Businesses as Applicants for the FY2022 Excellent Logistics Partnership Commendation Program (July 1, 2022)
• Demonstration Tests to be Held for Food Waste Reduction Taking Advantage of IoT Technologies (January 11, 2022)
• FY2021 Green Logistics Partnership Conference to be Held (December 3, 2021)
• Call for Outstanding Businesses as Applicants for FY2021 Excellent Green Logistics Commendation Program (July 1, 2021)
• First Proposal of the Study Group on Collaboration of Regional Areas and Sports Club Industry Compiled (June 25, 2021)
• Informational Meeting toward Promoting Cooperation on the Container Shortage Problem Held (May 7, 2021)
• Information Sharing Meeting toward Promoting Cooperation on the Container Shortage Problem to Be Held among Stakeholders (April 21, 2021)
• "Advanced Logistics Human Resources Symposium" to be Held (April 2, 2021)
• “Approach to Implementations of Electronic Tags (RFID) toward the Realization of Smart Stores” Formulated (March 12, 2021)
• “STEAM Library Ver.1” to be Released as Platform for Fostering Leading Players for Shaping Future Society (March 1, 2021)
• Demonstration Tests to be Held for Food Waste Reduction Taking Advantage of Electronic Tags (RFID) (January 20, 2021)
• Recommendations by the “Study Group on the Comprehensive Physical Distribution Policy in the 2020s” Compiled (December 23, 2020)
• FY2020 Green Logistics Partnership Conference to be Held (November 17, 2020)
• Demonstration Tests to be Held for Food Loss Reduction Taking Advantage of Electronic Tags (RFID) (October 28, 2020)
• Announcement of Winners of the Third Nihon Service Award (October 27, 2020)
• Launch of “STEAM Library” project (October 27, 2020)
• Study Group on Collaboration of Regional Areas and Sports Club Industry to be Inaugurated (October 20, 2020)
• METI and Hiroshima Prefectural Board of Education Jointly Embark on Efforts for Reform of High School Curricula by Introducing STEAM-Based Learning Approach (September 30, 2020)
• Recommendation to Start a New Custom Called “Nagarastock” (Stock up & Stay stocked!) for Emergency Preparedness (August 28, 2020)
• Joint Store Delivery Experiment among Major Three Convenience Store Chains Launched (July 22, 2020)
• “Service Industry Productivity Study Group” to be Inaugurated (July 22, 2020)
• Convenience Store Chains Compile Reports on Progress of Action Plans (May 1, 2020)
• METI Program Helps Municipalities Introduce Cashless Payment Services (April 27, 2020)
• The Full-Fledged Operation of the JPQR (Merchant-Presented-Mode :MPM) , as Unified Standards for Barcode and QR Code Payments, Starts Nationwide, and “Bill Payment” is Newly Set Forth as One of the Recognized “JPQR” Methods (April 27, 2020)

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Service Affairs Policy Division, Commerce and Information Policy Bureau
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Service Industries Division, Commerce and Information Policy Bureau
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