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Jan 20, 2020: New Establishment and Revision of Japanese Industrial Standards (JIS) (January 2020)
Jan 20, 2020: Carbon Credits Issued for Three Projects under Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM) with Indonesia

Jan 17, 2020: AIST to Establish International Joint Research Center for Zero-Emission Technologies

Jan 15, 2020: METI Minister Kajiyama Visits the United States

Jan 14, 2020: Japan and Abu Dhabi, UAE, Agree to Continue and Expand their Joint Oil Storage Project
Jan 14, 2020: Joint Statement on Trilateral Meeting of Trade Ministers Released
Jan 14, 2020: New Support page Opens on JPO Website to Assist Personnel in Charge of IP
Jan 14, 2020: First Meeting of the Study Group on Improvement of Sustainable Corporate Value and Sophistication of Human Capital to be Held
Jan 14, 2020: Full Text of the Registration Dossier Concerning the Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan Released

Jan 10, 2020: METI Minister Kajiyama Visits Australia

Jan 8, 2020: Experience-based Test-drive Events for “Safety Support Cars” to be Held in Eight Places across Japan

Jan 6, 2020: Explanatory Meeting on Digital Transformation Stock Selection (Tentative Name) to be Held
Jan 6, 2020: New Digital Filing System for Industrial and Product Safety Laws Developed

Dec 27, 2019: Introduction of Fee-incurring Plastic Checkout Bags Starts in July 2020 in All Stores across Japan
Dec 27, 2019: Area Offshore Goto City, Nagasaki Prefecture, Designated for Power Generating Project
Dec 27, 2019: Cybersecurity Guidelines for Energy Resource Aggregation Business Revised
Dec 27, 2019: FY2019 Follow-up Survey on the Progress in the Voluntary-based Action Plans of the Industries Conducted
Dec 27, 2019: Japan Submitted the Registration Dossier of the Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan to the BIE
Dec 27, 2019: Winners of the Eighth Monodzukuri Nippon Grand Awards
Dec 27, 2019: New Indices to Measure Consumer Sentiment and Product and Commodity Prices.

Dec 26, 2019: Call for Public Comments on Draft Guidelines on Approaches to Hybrid-type Virtual Shareholders Meetings to Open
Dec 26, 2019: Call for Public Comments on the Draft Report Titled “GOVERNANCE INNOVATION: Redesigning Law and Architecture in the Age of Society 5.0” Opens

Dec 25, 2019: Twenty-four Successful Applicants for the FY2019 Research Project for Developing Resources for Geothermal Power Generation Announced
Dec 25, 2019: Results of Quarterly Survey of Overseas Subsidiaries Compiled (July-September in 2019)
Dec 25, 2019: Sixth Japan-EU Working Group on Corporate Social Responsibility Held

Dec 24, 2019: Steel Demand Prospects for the Fourth Quarter of FY2019 (January-March 2020)
Dec 24, 2019: New System for Filing Requests for Subsidies Called “jGrants” Developed
Dec 24, 2019: METI Conducts a Questionnaire Survey for Fund Management Organizations on ESG Investment

Dec 23, 2019: Second Japan-Indonesia Dialogue on Automobiles Held
Dec 23, 2019: Types and Grades of Vehicles Targeted by the Subsidies for Safety Support Cars
Dec 23, 2019: Third Japan-China Smart Manufacturing and Exchange Seminar Held
Dec 23, 2019: General Election for Outstanding Regional Brands in the Tohoku Region was Held
Dec 23, 2019: IPCC Symposium to be Held
Dec 23, 2019: Japan and India Exchange Progress Reports of Japan Industrial Townships in India

Dec 22, 2019: METI Minister Kajiyama Visits the People’s Republic of China

Dec 20, 2019: FY2018 Amounts of Fluorocarbons Packed into or Recovered from Commercial Air-conditioning and Refrigeration Units Pursuant to the Revised Fluorocarbons Recovery and Destruction Law
Dec 20, 2019: Development of New International Standards for Vitalizing IoT
Dec 20, 2019: Cabinet Decision on Application for Registration of the Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai Japan to the BIE
Dec 20, 2019: New Establishment and Revision of Japanese Industrial Standards (JIS) (December 2019)
Dec 20, 2019: Customer Alert: EC-CUBE Website Builder Vulnerability

Dec 19, 2019: Fukushima Mirai Business Networking Event to be Held in the Fukushima Robot Testing Field
Dec 19, 2019: Interpretative Guidelines on Electronic Commerce and Information Property Trading Revised

Dec 16, 2019: Memorandum Concludes Industry-Academia Collaborative Framework on Human Resources for Robotics
Dec 16, 2019: JPO Hosted the 5th ID5 Annual Meeting in Japan
Dec 16, 2019: The Seventh Japan-Korea Export Control Policy Dialogue Held

Dec 13, 2019: Subsidies for Safety Support Cars Included inFY2019 Supplementary Budget Draft

Dec 12, 2019: PR Ambassadors for Japan’s Pavilion at Expo 2020, Dubai
Dec 12, 2019: Acceptance of Applications Begins for Seminar “Project for Promoting Utilization of Intellectual Property Rights in Fukushima: Fukushima and IP”
Dec 12, 2019: The 158th Survey of SME Business Conditions (October-December 2019) Released
Dec 12, 2019: Promotion of Japan-India Business Cooperation in the Field of Digital Infrastructure Welcomed
Dec 12, 2019: The JPO Hosts the Eighth TM5 Annual Meeting
Dec 12, 2019: Japan Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai Announces Third Wave of Sponsors and Donor (Four Companies and One Organization This Time)

Dec 11, 2019: Call for Public Comments to Start on Draft Report Compiled by the Study Group on Security Assessment of Cloud Services
Dec 11, 2019: New Platform for Expert Human Resources in the Space Industry Called “S-Expert” to Start Operations

Dec 10, 2019: METI Minister Kajiyama Visits India

Dec 9, 2019: Call for Information on R&D Involving Technologies for Computer-Access Control Functions
Dec 9, 2019: Blueprint of Industrial Development for Fukushima Coastal Area
Dec 9, 2019: Series of Seminars on Incorporating Foreign Human Resources with Specified Skills in Manufacturing to be Held
Dec 9, 2019: Seventh Japan-Russia Meeting Concerning SME Cooperation Held
Dec 9, 2019: Contract Guidelines on Utilization of AI and Data Version 1.1 Formulated
Dec 9, 2019: The 13th Japan-China Energy Efficiency and Environment Forum Held (Summary of the Results)
Dec 9, 2019: METI State Minister Matsumoto Attends the 2019 IEA Ministerial Meeting
Dec 9, 2019: The 19th Vice-Minister-Level Regular Consultation Held between METI and MOFCOM
Dec 9, 2019: Special Exhibition in Conjunction with Nobel Week

Dec 6, 2019: Announcement of Winners of Awards under the Excellent Green Logistics Commendation Program
Dec 6, 2019: Public Notice and Inspection Regarding Plans for Offshore Power Generation in Nagasaki Prefecture
Dec 6, 2019: Hyperspectral Imager Suite (HISUI) Successfully Launched for Space Demonstration Tests

Dec 5, 2019: National Forum of Smart Monodzukuri Supporting Organizations to be Held
Dec 5, 2019: Director-General Level Preparatory Meeting for the Seventh Japan-Korea Export Control Policy Dialogue

Dec 3, 2019: First Meeting of the Council of Eminent Persons on Value Creation Companies to be Held

Dec 2, 2019: Third Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury (COP3) Held

Nov 29, 2019: METI’s Draft Action Plan Promoting Use of Electrified Vehicles (xEVs) in Disaster Situations

Nov 28, 2019: Japan Reports on Progress in Preparations for Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, at the 166th General Assembly of the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE)
Nov 28, 2019: METI Parliamentary Vice-Minister Miyamoto Attends the First CEFIA Government-Private Forum

Nov 26, 2019: METI Minister Kajiyama Holds Meeting with H.E. Dr. Cham Prasidh, Senior Minister, Ministry of Industry and Handicrafts, Kingdom of Cambodia
Nov 26, 2019: Sixteenth Round of Negotiations on a Free Trade Agreement among Japan, China and the ROK to be Held

Nov 25, 2019: Large-scale CCS Demonstration Project in Hokkaido Prefecture, Successfully Injects 300,000 Tons of CO2 cumulatively
Nov 25, 2019: Minister Kajiyama Holds Meeting with Dr. Yoshino Akira, Honorary Fellow, Asahi Kasei Corporation, and Dr. Yoshino Delivers a Speech before METI Staff
Nov 25, 2019: FY2019 Anti-Counterfeiting Campaign to be Held Upholding the Slogan “Always do research and use your Good Judgment !!”
Nov 25, 2019: Japan-Brazil PPH to Become Available in All Technical Fields

Nov 22, 2019: Study Group on Approaches to Making More Substantial the Dialogues for Creation of Sustainable Corporate Value to be Newly Inaugurated
Nov 22, 2019: Results of the Fact-finding Survey Targeting People Engaging in Film Production Compiled
Nov 22, 2019: The Third JPO-DPIIT Review Meeting Held

Nov 21, 2019: Briefing Session on the current status of Multi-nuclide removal equipment (ALPS) treated water at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station

Nov 20, 2019: New Establishment and Revision of the Japanese Industrial Standards (JIS) (November 2019)
Nov 20, 2019: New Designation of Gyoda Tabi Socks, Edo Oshi-e Embossed Fabric Pictures and Naniwa Honzome Hand-dyeing as Traditional Crafts under the Act on the Promotion of Traditional Craft Industries
Nov 20, 2019: The 9th Trilateral EU-US-Japan Conference on Critical Materials Held
Nov 20, 2019: Japan Held Consultations under the WTO Agreement with the Government of the Republic of Korea Regarding Japan’s Update of Licensing Policies and Procedures on Exports to the ROK

Nov 19, 2019: Cabinet Decision on the Cabinet Order to Partially Amend the Export Trade Control Order
Nov 19, 2019: Report on Corporate Law and International Competitiveness Compiled by the Study Group for Development of Ideal Approaches to Legal Functions in Japanese Companies for Enhancement of International Competitiveness

Nov 18, 2019: Second AI Edge Contest to be Held
Nov 18, 2019: Business receives highest grade “Murasaki” of Omotenashi Standard Certification

Nov 15, 2019: METI State Minister Matsumoto Visits the United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Nov 15, 2019: Five Startups Selected as Recipients of Support Measures under the Second Round of Call of Applicants for the IPAS2019 Program
Nov 15, 2019: Teams Advance to the Finals of the General Election for Outstanding Regional Brands in the Tohoku Region

Nov 13, 2019: New Municipality Joins the Support Program for Regional Foreign Direct Investment in Japan (Kyoto Prefecture)

Nov 12, 2019: Task Force for Promoting Public Implementation of Robots Launched
Nov 12, 2019: The 13th Japan-China Energy Conservation and Environment Forum to be Held

Nov 11, 2019: Two Institutes in India were certified as Members of the Japan-India Institutes for Manufacturing (JIMs)

Nov 8, 2019: The FY2019 Green Logistics Partnership Conference to be Held
Nov 8, 2019: First CEFIA Government-Private Forum to be Held in the Philippines
Nov 8, 2019: Winners of FY2019 Best Contributors to Product Safety Awards
Nov 8, 2019: Prime Minister Abe Receives ABAC 2019 Report to APEC Economic Leaders
Nov 8, 2019: Japan to Hold Consultations with the Government of the Republic of Korea (ROK) under the WTO Agreement Regarding Japan’s Update of Licensing Policies and Procedures on Exports of Controlled Items to the ROK

Nov 7, 2019: The 18th Vice-Minister-Level Regular Consultation Held between METI and BMWi

Nov 6, 2019: METI State Minister Makihara Visits Shanghai, China
Nov 6, 2019: Summer FY 2019 Electricity Supply and Demand Results Compiled along with Winter FY2019 Electricity Supply and Demand Outlook and Related Measures

Nov 5, 2019: METI State Minister Makihara Visits the Kingdom of Thailand

Nov 1, 2019: Decision on Cabinet Order for Stipulating the Enforcement Date of Partial Revision of the Patent Act, etc.
Nov 1, 2019: FIT-Based Contracts between Household Consumers and Electricity Companies Start to Expire Sequentially

Oct 31, 2019: Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Ministerial Preparation Meeting and Signing Ceremony on Collaboration Projects between Japanese and Thai Companies to be Held
Oct 31, 2019: METI to Hold “Regional Business Conference in Sendai”

Oct 30, 2019: New Municipalities Subject to the Support Program for Regional Foreign Direct Investment in Japan Determined (Kanagawa Prefecture and Okinawa Prefecture)
Oct 30, 2019: Call for Applicants for the Young Professionals Japan Program
Oct 30, 2019: Seminar Encouraging Regional Businesses to Go Global to be Held
Oct 30, 2019: METI Parliamentary Vice-Minister Miyamoto Visits Slovakia and France

Oct 29, 2019: Amended CITES Appendices to Come into Force on November 26, 2019
Oct 29, 2019: Mima City and Omuta City Start Projects utilizing the Social Impact Bond (SIB) System
Oct 29, 2019: Government of Japan to Submit Candidature of Mr. NATSUME Kenichiro for Director General of World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

Nov 28, 2019: Interactive Experience-based Fair of Smart Agricultural and Husbandry Technologies to be Held

Oct 26, 2019: Ministerial Meeting on the Global Forum on Steel Excess Capacity(GFSEC) Held

Oct 25, 2019: METI Minister Sugawara Holds Meeting with H.E. Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, UAE Minister of State and ADNOC CEO
Oct 25, 2019: Meeting of the G20 Transport Task Group to be Held
Oct 25, 2019: Announcement of Winners of the FY2019 3Rs (Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle) Promotion Merit Awards

Oct 24, 2019: “Saudi-Japan Vision 2030 2.0 Updated” Formulated
Oct 24, 2019: METI Minister Sugawara Holds Meeting with H.E. Mr. Rashid Meredov, Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Turkmenistan
Oct 24, 2019: The 2nd Well Aging Society Summit Asia-Japan Held

Oct 23, 2019: The 32nd Tokyo International Film Festival to be Held
Oct 23, 2019: Results of the Regional Economic and Industrial Research (July- September 2019) were Compiled
Oct 23, 2019: Japan and Lithuania Conclude Memorandum of Cooperation in the Energy Field
Oct 23, 2019: Commendation Ceremony for the FY2019 Factory Greening Award Program to be Held to Recognize Winners of METI Minister’s Award
Oct 23, 2019: Joint Commendation Ceremony Held for Winners of the FY2019 Awards Program for Promoting Informatization and the U-22 Programming Contest 2019

Oct 21, 2019: SMEA to Hold Seminar on Improving Market Value
Oct 21, 2019: Public Briefing on the 2019 Telework Days Campaign to be Held
Oct 21, 2019: The First Meeting on the Platform for Distributed Energy Systems to be Held
Oct 21, 2019: Explanatory Meetings on the Revised Fluorocarbons Recovery and Destruction Law to be Held
Oct 21, 2019: New Establishment and Revision of the Japanese Industrial Standards (JIS) (October 2019)
Oct 21, 2019: Japan-EU-OECD Seminar on Supporting International Collaboration on RBC/CSR Held

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