October FY2020

News Releases (in provisional translation)

Oct 30, 2020: Supply Chain Cybersecurity Consortium (SC3) to be Inaugurated
Oct 30, 2020: COVID-19 Testing Center for Overseas Travelers (TeCOT) to Additionally Start Provision of Services to Short-Term Overseas Business Travelers Having Returned to Japan
Oct 30, 2020: Survey Results of Factory Location Trends in the First Half of 2020 (Preliminary Report) (January-June)

Oct 28, 2020: Demonstration Tests to be Held for Food Waste Reduction Taking Advantage of Electronic Tags (RFID)
Oct 28, 2020: METI State Minister Nagasaka Attends the Second Global Ministerial Conference on System Integration of Renewables
Oct 28, 2020: METI Parliamentary Vice-Minister Munekiyo Participates in OECD Ministerial Council Meeting via Video Conference
Oct 28, 2020: Briefing Session on the current status of Multi-nuclide removal equipment (ALPS) treated water at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station

Oct 27, 2020: Announcement of Winners of the Third Nihon Service Award
Oct 27, 2020: Launch of “STEAM Library” project
Oct 27, 2020: Report on Trends in Regional Economies and Industries in August 2020 Compiled
Oct 27, 2020: Ministerial Meeting on the Global Forum on Steel Excess Capacity (GFSEC) Held
Oct 27, 2020: METI Minister Kajiyama Attends WTO Informal Ministerial Gathering

Oct 23, 2020: Announcement of Winners of the FY2020 3Rs (Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle) Promotion Merit Awards
Oct 23, 2020: METI Minister Kajiyama Holds Meeting with H.E. Ms. Elizabeth Truss, Secretary of State for International Trade, United Kingdom
Oct 23, 2020: METI Parliamentary Vice-Minister Sato Attends APEC SME Ministerial Meeting via Video Conference

Oct 22, 2020: Winners of the METI Minister’s Award of the FY2020 Factory Greening Award Program

Oct 21, 2020: Minister Kajiyama Holds Telephone Conference with H.E. Mr. Maksim Reshetnikov, Russian Minister of Economic Development and Special Representative for Trade and Economic Cooperation with Japan of the Russian Federation
Oct 21, 2020: Minister Kajiyama Holds Video Conference with H.E. Mr. Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi, Minister of State for Energy Affairs, State of Qatar

Oct 20, 2020: Study Group on Collaboration of Regional Areas and Sports Club Industry to be Inaugurated
Oct 20, 2020: Call for Applicants for Participating Companies in “Fukushima Mirai Business Networking Event 2020 in J-Village”
Oct 20, 2020: New Establishment and Revision of the Japanese Industrial Standards (JIS) (October 2020)

Oct 19, 2020: Call for Applicants for Ticket Sellers and for “Go To Event” Campaign

Oct 16, 2020: Creating Innovative Technologies for Industrial Robots through Industry-Academia Collaboration
Oct 16, 2020: FY2020 METI Minister’s Award to Recognize Contributions to Traditional Craft Industries

Oct 15, 2020: TCFD Summit 2020 Held
Oct 15, 2020: Tokyo “Beyond-Zero” Week Held
Oct 15, 2020: Second International Conference on Carbon Recycling 2020 Held
Oct 15, 2020: Meeting of Council on Development of Infrastructures for Digital Markets for Realization of Society 5.0 to be Held
Oct 15, 2020: Online Special Event of Hydrogen Energy Ministerial Meeting Held

Oct 14, 2020: “Register of Medical Institutions Issuing COVID-19 Testing Certificates” for Overseas Travelers to be Updated
Oct 14, 2020: METI Minister Kajiyama Attends Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Intersessional Ministerial Meeting
Oct 14, 2020: The 1st adoption of “Asia Digital Transformation(ADX) projects” under the FY2019 Supplementary Budget

Oct 13, 2020: Ninth LNG Producer-Consumer Conference Held
Oct 13, 2020: Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Intersessional Ministerial Meeting to be Held

Oct 12, 2020: Round Table Conference on Ideal Approaches to Export and Investment Insurance to be Held

Oct 9, 2020: Comprehensive Report on Project for Preventing Severe Diabetic Nephropathy in Kobe City under the Social Impact Bond
Oct 9, 2020: Project for Dissemination and Promotion of Safety Measures for Electric Wheelchairs and Other Apparatuses to be Conducted
Oct 9, 2020: Supporting Companies in Efforts towards a Decarbonized Society

Oct 8, 2020: Steel Demand Prospects for the Third Quarter of FY2020 (October-December 2020)

Oct 6, 2020: Seminar in Tokyo on Industrial Sites for Establishing Businesses under the Fukushima Innovation Coast Scheme to be Held
Oct 6, 2020: Operation of COVID-19 Testing Center for Overseas Travelers (TeCOT) to Start

Oct 5, 2020: METI Minister Kajiyama Holds Meeting with H.E. Mr. Khalid al-Falih, Minister of Investment, Saudi Arabia, via Video Conference

Oct 2, 2020: Winners Selected for the Grand Award and the Excellent Awards of the 14th Kids Design Awards Program

Oct 1, 2020: Announcement of Private M&A Platform Businesses Willing to Collaborate with Support Centers for Smooth Business Succession
Oct 1, 2020: October Campaign to Intensively Encourage Companies to Conduct Self-Diagnoses of Assessment Indices for Digital Management Reforms (“DX Promotion Indices”)
Oct 1, 2020: October is “3Rs (Reduce, Reuse and Recycle) Promotion Month”!

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