New Establishment and Revision of the Japanese Industrial Standards (JIS) (October 2020)

1. Outline of the new establishment and revision of standards

In October 2020, METI newly established 4 standards and revised 14 standards (see Appendix 1). In particular, METI believes that the following establishment of the JIS is especially important.

Establishment of the JIS for coal-gasification slag-aggregate for concrete

Integrated coal gasification combined cycle (IGCC) is a technology that dramatically improves power generation efficiency compared with the conventional coal-fired power generation and achieves substantial reduction of carbon dioxide emissions, and this advantage is expected to facilitate commercialization of the technology. In the process of IGCC-based power generation, coal-gasification slag is generated as a by-product. This material is expected to partially replace sand and gravel which are generally used as aggregate for making concrete. However, no standard for quality, e.g., performance and safety, or test methods of coal-gasification slag had been stipulated. To address this situation, METI established JIS A 5011-5 for this material.

This establishment is expected to contribute not only to improving trust in the quality of coal-gasification slag-aggregate for concrete and disseminating the material but also to reducing the amount of natural aggregate used for concrete, whose production amount has tended to decrease recently.

2. Outline of the JIS

The JIS stipulate types and quality of products, data, services, etc., test or assessment methods for ascertaining such types and quality, and the values of standards that businesses are required to meet. Producers, service providers, product users and consumers and other stakeholders, for example, make use of these standards in their approaches to accessing quality products and enjoying provision of services in a secure manner.

METI has been establishing new standards or revising the existing ones for the JIS in response to technological advancements, changes in social environments and other factors as necessary.

For more information on the JIS, visit the following websites:

• The Japanese Industrial Standards Committee website (in Japanese)
• METI website for standardization and certification (in Japanese)

For details of the respective JIS, visit the following website.

• JIS Search Service (in Japanese)

3. Past news releases

For past news releases related to the establishment and revision of JIS, visit the following website.

• Latest information on JIS (in Japanese)

4. Contact counter for the respective JIS

If you wish to make any inquiry on details of the respective JIS that have been publicized, please contact the divisions in charge of METI as shown in Appendix 1 by email. Please note that the division in charge of the JIS shown in Item 1 above is the International Standardization Division. When sending an email, please clearly indicate your name, the name of your company (if you send an email as a representative of a company or other entity), and your contact information.

Related document

• Appendix1: List of newly established and revised JIS publicly notified on October 20, 2020(PDF:125KB)

Divisions in Charge

• Information on this press release:

  Standards and Conformity Assessment Public Relations Office, Industrial Science and Technology Policy and Environment Bureau

  E-MAIL：MLLWA@meti.go.jp

• Information on the respective JIS:

  International Standardization Division, Industrial Science and Technology Policy and Environment Bureau

  E-MAIL：s-kijun-ISO@meti.go.jp