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News Releases (in provisional translation)
- May 14, 2019
- The Cabinet Approves the Cabinet Order for Partial Revision of the Order for Measurement Units
- May 14, 2019
- Fourteenth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention (COP14) Held
- May 14, 2019
- Ninth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Stockholm Convention (COP9) Held
- May 10, 2019
- Guidelines Formulated for Water Utilities’ Introduction of the System for Utilization of Water Information
- May 10, 2019
- Japan Requests Consultations with the Government of India under the WTO Agreement Regarding India’s Measures Concerning Tariff Increase on ICT Products
- May 7, 2019
- Roadmap for Popularizing Development and Introduction of Marine Biodegradable Plastics Formulated
- May 7, 2019
- First Partnership Concluded with the Internationale Funkausstellung, Germany
- Apr 27, 2019
- METI State Minister Seki Visits China
- Apr 26, 2019
- Call for Public Comments on Animation Industry Subcontracting Guidelines
- Apr 26, 2019
- Report on Designing Global Content Market Management Simulation Game
- Apr 26, 2019
- Instructions, Provided to Businesses in Fukushima Prefecture Based on Results of Survey for Current State of Distribution of Agricultural Products and Other Items Produced in Fukushima Prefecture
- Apr 26, 2019
- Sanctions and Instructions Executed against Gold Trading Company
- Apr 26, 2019
- Results Compiled for the Electricity Supply and Demand for the Winter of FY2018 as well as Outlook and Measures for Electricity Supply and Demand for the Summer of FY2019
- Apr 26, 2019
- Target Date and Time Determined for Requesting Businesses to Complete Switching to Standard Barcodes Called “JPQR” under the Consumer-Presented-Mode QR Code Payment System
- Apr 26, 2019
- JPO Launches IP Acceleration Program for Startups (IPAS2019)
- Apr 26, 2019
- Explanatory Meeting on the System for the Acceptance of Foreign Human Resources in the Manufacturing Industry to be Held
- Apr 26, 2019
- Review of the End User List
- Apr 25, 2019
- Joint Press Release with the Ministry of the Environment and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
- Apr 25, 2019
- Call for Proposals Begins for Designated Procurement Items under the Act on Promoting Green Procurement (Goods and Services)
- Apr 25, 2019
- Call for Proposals for Designated Procurement Items under the Act on Promoting Green Procurement Starts (Public Works)
- Apr 23, 2019
- Selection of Companies for 2019 Competitive IT Strategy Company Stock Selection and and Noteworthy IT Strategy Companies Programs Announced
- Apr 23, 2019
- Series of Explanatory Meetings of Intellectual Property Rights in 2019 to be Held Targeting IP Beginners
- Apr 23, 2019
- Survey on Blockchain Technology Applicability Report to Universities and Research Institutes
- Apr 22, 2019
- Seminar on Overseas Business Development to be Held Targeting Mid-ranking Companies and SMEs
- Apr 22, 2019
- METI Releases Guidelines for Collaboration between Business Entities and R&D-based Venture Businesses (Third Edition)
- Apr 22, 2019
- Government-Private Workshops on Clean Energy Technology Held in Thailand, Viet Nam and Indonesia
- Apr 22, 2019
- Seminar Encouraging Regional Businesses to Go Global to be Held
- Apr 19, 2019
- Project for Public-Road Demonstration Tests for Mid-sized Buses with Autonomous Driving Functions to be launched
- Apr 19, 2019
- Collection of Know-How for Supporting Female Entrepreneurs Compiled
- Apr 19, 2019
- Acceptance of Applications for Registration of Participants in 2019 Telework Days Campaign to Start and Pre-Event of the Campaign to be Held
- Apr 18, 2019
- [Fourth Round of the Call for Applicants under the Subsidy Project J-LOD] Call for Applicants Begins for the Subsidy Project J-LOD Involving Development and Demonstration of Systems for Distribution of Contents Taking Advantage of Blockchain Technologies
- Apr 18, 2019
- Cyber/Physical Security Framework (CPSF) Formulated
- Apr 17, 2019
- Japan-Germany Research and Development in Advanced Artificial Intelligence Declaration
- Apr 17, 2019
- G20 Digital Economy Multi-Stakeholder Conference to be Held
- Apr 16, 2019
- Release of the Results of the FY2018 User Satisfaction Surveys on Examination Quality
- Apr 16, 2019
- Guidelines for Measures for Preventing Unauthorized Use of Credit Card Information Wrongly Leaked during QR Payment Formulated
- Apr 16, 2019
- METI Minister Seko Visits the People’s Republic of China
- Apr 16, 2019
- Hokkaido Prefecture Selected in Support Program for Regional Foreign Direct Investment in Japan
- Apr 16, 2019
- New Projects Adopted for Regional Business Conference for Encouraging Overseas Companies to Directly Invest in Regional Areas of Japan
- Apr 15, 2019
- New Establishment of the Japanese Industrial Standards (JIS) for Portable Microbe Imaging Scopes
- Apr 15, 2019
- Call for Stopping Use of US Fisher-Price Cradle-type Infant Cribs
- Apr 12, 2019
- FY2017 Energy Supply and Demand Report (Revised Report)
- Apr 12, 2019
- Collaboration Team between the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and the Ministry of the Environment will be Inaugurated for Creating Regional Circulatory Symbiosis and Establishing a Distributed Energy System
- Apr 12, 2019
- New Energy Conservation Standards for Lighting Equipment and Light Bulbs Formulated
- Apr 12, 2019
- Symposium on Working Style Reforms Held
- Apr 9, 2019
- Extension of Ban on Imports from and Exports to North Korea, Pursuant to the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act
- Apr 9, 2019
- New Listing of South Sudan in Appended Table 3-2 of the Export Trade Control Order
- Apr 9, 2019
- Steel Demand Prospects for the First Quarter of FY2019 (April-June 2019)
- Apr 9, 2019
- Report on Survey for Current Situations of Japanese Companies’ Cross-border M&A Compiled
- Apr 9, 2019
- FY2019 Call for Applicants for the MITOU Target Program
- Apr 9, 2019
- METI Parliamentary Vice-Minister Takinami Visits Germany and Denmark
- Apr 8, 2019
- Tour for Visiting Industrial Sites for Business Establishment under the Fukushima Innovation Coast Scheme to be Held
- Apr 8, 2019
- Smart Mobility Challenge to Start
- Apr 8, 2019
- Council for Promoting Society Utilizing of Electrified Vehicles to be launched
- Apr 8, 2019
- Automated Driving-related IT Human Resources Strategy Compiled
- Apr 8, 2019
- Hydrogen Energy Ministerial Meeting 2019 to be Held
- Apr 8, 2019
- International Conference on Carbon Recycling to be Held
- Apr 8, 2019
- LNG Producer-Consumer Conference 2019 to be Held
- Apr 5, 2019
- Report on Content Services Utilizing Blockchain Technologies Released
- Apr 5, 2019
- FY2018 Collection of Case Examples of Successful Projects under the IP Acceleration Program for Startups (IPAS) Released
- Apr 5, 2019
- Case Examples of Leading International Businesses Contributing to Sustainable and Inclusive Growth Selected
- Apr 5, 2019
- METI’s Survey Results of Case Examples by Convenience Store Chain Affiliates Released
- Apr 5, 2019
- New Support Measures for Active Participation by Highly-skilled Foreign Professionals in Mid-ranking Enterprises and SMEs
- Apr 4, 2019
- English Translation Version of the Contract Guidelines on Utilization of AI and Data Released
- Apr 1, 2019
- Cross-border M&A Forum Titled “Cross-border M&A: a Trigger Encouraging Companies to Cultivate Business Growth - Methodology for Taking Advantage of Cross-border M&A for Management” to be Held
- Apr 1, 2019
- Partial Revision of Ministerial Order as Basis for Calculating Imbalance Rates
- Apr 1, 2019
- Fourteenth Round of the Negotiations for a Japan-Turkey Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)
- Mar 29, 2019
- Survey Results of Factory Location Trends in 2018 (Preliminary Report) (January-December)
- Mar 29, 2019
- New Energy Conservation Standards for Electronic Computers Formulated
- Mar 29, 2019
- Guidelines and Collection of Use Case Examples Compiled for Promoting Safe Use of Drones in Plants
- Mar 29, 2019
- Guidance for Encouraging Japanese Companies to Address International Initiatives on Climate Change Formulated
- Mar 29, 2019
- Explanation of Offshore Wind Power Facility Standards for Maintenance and Management Released
- Mar 29, 2019
- JPO Status Report 2019 Released
- Mar 29, 2019
- Cabinet Decision on the Cabinet Order for the Partial Revision of the Order for Enforcement of the Act on the Rational Use of Energy
- Mar 29, 2019
- New Fuel Efficiency Standards for Trucks and Buses Formulated
- Mar 29, 2019
- Preliminary Report of the 2018 Basic Survey on Small and Medium Enterprises (Performance Results Based on the FY2017 Closing Accounts) Compiled
- Mar 29, 2019
- QR Code Payments Standard Determined
- Mar 28, 2019
- Program for Advancing the Comprehensive Distribution Policy Revised
- Mar 28, 2019
- The 155th Survey of SME Business Conditions (January-March 2019) Released
- Mar 28, 2019
- Information on Events and Efforts in March under the Premium Friday Initiative
- Mar 27, 2019
- METI Releases Results of the Quarterly Survey of Overseas Subsidiaries (October - December 2018)
- Mar 26, 2019
- METI and MEXT Report “The Coming Era of Mathematical Capitalism - How the Power of Mathematics Changes Our Future-”
- Mar 26, 2019
- The Government of Japan Offers Full Cooperation for the Asia-Pacific Water Summit in 2020
- Mar 26, 2019
- Results of the 2018 Basic Survey on the Information and Communications Industry
- Mar 26, 2019
- The Liaison Conference for Acceptance of Foreign Human Resources with Specified Skills in the Manufacturing Industry Holds its First Meeting
- Mar 25, 2019
- Continuation of the Sale of Non-fossil Fuel Energy Certificates with Tracking Information in FY2019
- Mar 25, 2019
- METI and TSE to Hold an Event to Announce the 2019 Selected Competitive IT Strategy Companies and the Selected Noteworthy IT Strategy Companies
- Mar 22, 2019
- Winners of New Diversity Management Selection 100 and Diversity Management Selection 100 Prime in FY 2018
- Mar 22, 2019
- Announcement of the FY 2018 Nadeshiko Brands and Semi-Nadeshiko Brands
- Mar 22, 2019
- Release of the Regional Collective Trademark Guide Book 2019
- Mar 22, 2019
- Report on Unauthorized Computer Access and Progress of Access Control Feature Technology
- Mar 20, 2019
- METI to Launch Doorstep Delivery Service Conference
- Mar 20, 2019
- CITES Management Authorities of Japan and China Hold a Meeting
- Mar 20, 2019
- Release of the “Guidebook for Utilizing Trademark Learning from Case Examples”
- Mar 20, 2019
- New Establishment and Revision of the Japanese Industrial Standards (JIS) (March 2019)
- Mar 19, 2019
- Cabinet Approves the Cabinet Order for the Partial Revision of the Order for Fees Concerning the Measurement Act
- Mar 19, 2019
- Interim Report of the Future Innovations Working Group Released
- Mar 19, 2019
- National Project Data Catalogue to be Accessible on METI Website
- Mar 19, 2019
- Cabinet Approves the Bill for the Act of Partial Revision of the Act for Rationalized Use and Proper Management of Fluorocarbons
- Mar 18, 2019
- New Establishment of the JIS on the Consecutive Measurement of Cure Shrinkage for Curable Resins (Adhesives)
- Mar 18, 2019
- METI to Hold a Symposium on “Innovative Business Realized by Next-Generation Computing”
- Mar 15, 2019
- Cabinet Orders concerning the Act of Promoting Utilization of Sea Areas in Development of Power Generation Facilities Using Maritime Renewable Energy Resources Approved
- Mar 15, 2019
- Invitation for Public Comments on the Interim Report (Draft) by the Study Group on Security Assessment of Cloud Services
- Mar 15, 2019
- Promulgation of METI Public Notice concerning the “Specific Skills” Criteria for Foreign Residents Engaging in the Manufacturing Industry
- Mar 12, 2019
- Formulation of a New Strategic Roadmap for Hydrogen and Fuel Cells
- Mar 12, 2019
- METI Starts Accepting Provisional Registration of Cashless Settlement Businesses under the Point Reward Project for Consumers using Cashless Payment
- Mar 8, 2019
- Symposium to be Held on Working Style Reforms
- Mar 8, 2019
- JPO Opens Member Registration for “IP Base” Website
- Mar 8, 2019
- METI Revises the “Guidebook for Introducing Incentive Plans for Sustainable Corporate Growth as Board Members’ Compensation to Encourage Companies to Promote Proactive Business Management”
- Mar 8, 2019
- Release of New Videos Showing the Current Status of Fukushima
- Mar 8, 2019
- Release of Brochure and Videos Explaining the Current Status of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station
- Mar 6, 2019
- Spoof Patrol: Demonstration plan under the Regulatory Sandbox Scheme approved for preventing unauthorized opening of internet bank accounts
- Mar 6, 2019
- Japan-Indonesia Government-Private Workshop on Clean Energy Technology to be Held
- Mar 5, 2019
- FY2017 PRTR Data Released
- Mar 4, 2019
- The 26th Asian Export Control Seminar Held
- Mar 4, 2019
- Results of the WEB Survey on Business Practices Causing Long Working Hours
- Mar 4, 2019
- Action Plan 2019 for the Consolidation of Security Measures for Credit Card Transactions Formulated
- Mar 4, 2019
- METI to hold “e-Sports” Seminar
- Mar 4, 2019
- MITOU KAIGI 2019 to be Held
- Mar 1, 2019
- Study Group for the Content Business Era Held
- Mar 1, 2019
- The Sixth IoT Lab Selection Event Held
- Mar 1, 2019
- Cabinet Decision on the Bill for the Act of Partial Revision of the Patent Act
- Mar 1, 2019
- METI to Hold Debrief Meetings on Outcomes of Demonstration Projects involving “Future Classroom – Learning Innovation"
- Mar 1, 2019
- Seventh Ministerial Meeting for Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership to be Held
- Feb 28, 2019
- Preliminary Report of the 2018 Census of Manufacture Compiled
- Feb 28, 2019
- Blockchain Hackathon 2019 Held
- Feb 28, 2019
- Joint Event to be held for the Commendation Ceremony of FY2018 New Diversity Management Selection 100 and Announcement of FY2018 Nadeshiko Brands
- Feb 28, 2019
- March 3rd is World Wildlife Day
- Feb 27, 2019
- FY2018 Global Coordinators Conference Held Under the Framework of the Global Network Council Japan
- Feb 27, 2019
- METI Formulates Guidance for Integrated Corporate Disclosure Concerning Industrial and Product Safety
- Feb 25, 2019
- METI Parliamentary Vice-Minister Ishikawa Attends “Regional Business Conference in Ibaraki”
- Feb 21, 2019
- 37 Enterprises Selected under the 2019 Health & Productivity Stock Selection Program
- Feb 21, 2019
- Announcement of Organizations Recognized under the 2019 Certified Health & Productivity Management Outstanding Organizations Recognition Program
- Feb 21, 2019
- Information on Events and Efforts in February under the Premium Friday Initiative
- Feb 20, 2019
- New Establishment and Revision of the Japanese Industrial Standards (JIS) (February 2019)
- Feb 19, 2019
- Symposium on Human Resource Development Toward Utilization of Nursing Care Robots to be Held
- Feb 19, 2019
- Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) Program with Viet Nam to be Expanded
- Feb 18, 2019
- METI to Hold a Symposium on Quantum Computing Technologies
- Feb 18, 2019
- IOSCO Final Report on Commodity Storage and Delivery Infrastructures: Good or Sound Practices
- Feb 15, 2019
- METI Revises the Plan for the Development of Marine Energy and Mineral Resources
- Feb 15, 2019
- METI Parliamentary Vice-Minister Ishikawa Visits Washington, D.C., the United States
- Feb 15, 2019
- Japan-Vietnam Government-Private Workshop on Clean Energy Technology to be Held
- Feb 15, 2019
- METI Minister Seko Holds Meeting with WIPO Director General Gurry
- Feb 14, 2019
- Official Logo and Symbolic Mark for the Japan Pavilion of the Expo 2020 Dubai Determined
- Feb 14, 2019
- Twenty-fifth Round of Negotiations for Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership
- Feb 14, 2019
- Winners of the Fifth National Championship of Business Startup Schools Determined
- Feb 14, 2019
- METI to Launch Subcommittee on Electricity Resilience towards a Decarbonized Society
- Feb 14, 2019
- METI State Minister Seki Visits the Republic of South Africa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of Madagascar