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Japanese Industrial Standards Committee Secretariat

Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

Japan’s Standardization Policy 2013

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Message fromPresident of Japanese Industrial Standards Committee

Japanese economy has been facing serious issues, such as long-running defl ation, rising energy

costs and declining exports due to structural changes in international trade and industry. While

Japan should continue the challenge to overcome the issues for the future of Japanese economy,

“Abenomics” has been adjusting the route to economic recovery, especially upturn of corporate

earnings due to lowering the high currency rate of Yen.

In order to achieve further economic recovery and growth, it is significant that Japanese

industry should enhance its competitiveness in global markets by accelerating to create

innovations bringing new markets. Promotion of international standardization activities

integrated with business strategy will play a vital role in this.

It is particularly important to respond strategically to international standardization, taking

account of intellectual property strategy and effective certifi cation scheme, and focusing on such

fields as smart grids, advanced medicine, and next-generation automobiles, where Japan has

outstanding technologies and global market growth is expected.

Since its establishment in 1949, Japanese Industrial Standards Committee (JISC) has played

a central role in Japan’s standardization activities in cooperation with a wide range of concerned

parties. These activities include the establishment and revision of Japanese Industrial Standards

(JIS) and the participation as Japan’s representative in international standardization organizations

such as ISO and IEC.

We hope that this updated report will serve to expand awareness of JISC’s activities among a

greater number of people, and that it will also foster a deeper understanding of standardization.

JISC President

Dr. Tamotsu NOMAKUCHI

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Japanese Industrial Standards Committee

Highlights of JISC Activities in 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

2014 IEC Tokyo Meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

1. Outline of Japanese Industrial Standards Committee (JISC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51-1 Roles of JISC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51-2 Organization of JISC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51-3 Major meetings of JISC held in 2011–2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

2. Japanese Industrial Standards (JIS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72-1 Process of developing JIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92-2 Relationship between JIS and international standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92-3 Application of JIS to technical standards, etc. in the Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102-4 Major JIS established (revised) in 2011–2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

3. Conformity Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123-1 JIS Mark Certification Scheme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123-2 Japan National Laboratory Accreditation System (JNLA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143-3 International conformity assessment system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143-4 Promotion of efficiency in conformity assessment procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

4. Approaches to International Standardization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154-1 Participation in ISO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154-2 Participation in IEC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164-3 International standards proposed by Japan during fiscal 2011–2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174-4 Human resources working on international standardization activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

5. International Cooperation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265-1 Partnership with Europe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265-2 Partnership with U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265-3 Partnership with China and Korea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275-4 Partnership in Asia-Pacific Region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285-5 Other partnerships with Asian countries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

6. Human Resources Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

7. Response to Consumer Needs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

8. Promotion of Development and Use of Intellectual Infrastructure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

9. METI’s Standardization-related Budget . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Contents

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♦ 76th IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission)

General Meeting

• Dr. Junji Nomura (Panasonic Corp.)

approved as President-Elect of the

IEC (President from January 2014).

Highlights of JISC Activities in 2012

April 2012

June 2012

August 2012

September 2012

October 2012

♦ 11th Northeast Asia Standards Cooperation Forum

♦ Japan-China Standardization bilateral meeting

♦ Japan-Korea Standardization bilateral meeting

Northeast Asia Standardization Cooperation Forum (Chengdu, China)

35th ISO General Assembly (San Diego, U.S.)

PASC meeting (Yeosu, Korea)

76th IEC General Meeting (Oslo, Norway)

♦ 35th PASC (Pacific Area Standards Congress) meeting

♦ Children’s Day for visiting Kasumigaseki

• Theme: “What are standards?” (Eight hundred thirty visitors come to Ministry of Economy,

Trade and Industry)

♦ 35th ISO (International Organization for Standardization)

General Assembly

Dr. Junji Nomura (Panasonic Corp.)

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2014 IEC Tokyo Meeting

October 2012

November 2012

♦ Industrial Standardization Promotion Month

• Presentations on standardization and quality control

(National Meeting and Regional Meetings in Hokkaido,

Tohoku, Chubu, Kinki, Chugoku, Shikoku, and Kyushu)

• Distribution of Standardization Month posters nation-

ally, etc.

♦ Industrial Standardization Awards

• Prime Minister’s Award: 1 person

• Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Award:

20 people, 3 organizations

• Industrial Science and Technology Policy and Environ-

ment Bureau Director-General’s Award: 27 peopleGroup photo of Prime Minister’s Award recipients (recipient Mr. Iizuka is fi fth from the right)

JISC-CEN/CENELEC Information Exchange Meeting (Brussels, Belgium)

Exterior view of the Tokyo International Forum (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo)

Logo of the 2014 IEC Tokyo Meeting

♦ JISC-CEN (European Committee for Standardization)

Information Exchange Meeting

♦ JISC-CENELEC (European Committee for Electro-

technical Standardiza tion) Information Exchange

Meeting

○ The 78th IEC General Meeting is scheduled to be held in

Tokyo on November 4–15, 2014 (2014 IEC Tokyo Meeting)

• Scheduled location: Tokyo International Forum

(Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo)

• Size: Approximately 1,500 corporate personnel, etc.

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Organizational Chart of JISC

As of April, 2013Council

(consisting of members)

Standards BoardConformity

AssessmentBoard

[Special Committees](1) Special Committee on Measurement Standards and Intellectual Infrastructure (Standing)(2) Special Committee on Consumer Policy (Standing)

[Cross-sectional Technical Committees](1) Committee on International Affairs　 - Subcommittee International Standardization 　 Strategy on Smart Grid(2) Committee on Management System

[Cross-sectoral Technical Committee]- Environment and Recycling[Technical Committee by Sector](1) Technical Committee on Civil Engineering, (2) Technical Committee on Architecture, (3) Technical Committee on Iron and Steel, (4) Technical Committee on Non-Ferrous Metals, (5) Technical Committee on Welding, (6) Technical Committee on Chemical Analysis, (7) Technical Committee on Chemical Products, (8) Technical Committee on Ceramics, (9) Technical Com-mittee on Consumer Life Products, (10) Technical Committee on Paper and Pulp, (11) Technical Committee on Medical Equip-ment, (12) Technical Committee on Support for the Aged and Disabled, (13) Technical Committee on Protective Equipment for Occupational Safety, (14) Technical Committee on Machine Elements, (15) Technical Committee on Industrial Automation, (16) Technical Committee on Testing and Measurement Technology, (17) Technical Committee on Industrial Machinery, (18) Tech-nical Committee on Road Vehicles, (19) Technical Committee on Aircrafts and Space Vehicles, (20) Technical Committee on Railways and Rolling Stock, (21) Technical Committee on Ships, (22) Technical Committee on Logistics and Distribution of Goods, (23) Technical Committee on Electricity Technology, (24) Technical Committee on Electronics, (25) Technical Commit-tee on Information Technology, (26) Technical Committee on Basic Engineering

Committee onJIS Marking

1 Outline of Japanese Industrial Standards Committee (JISC)

1-1 Roles of JISC

JISC is a deliberative body set up within Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and is engaged in investigations and deliberations in relation to industrial standardization issues pursuant to Industrial Standardization Act. Its functions include deliberations on the development/revision of Japanese Industrial Standards (JIS) and making recommendations and reports on consultation responses to the relevant minis-ters with respect to the promotion of industrial standardization such as JIS, JIS Mark Certification Scheme, Laboratory Accreditation System, etc. JISC also participates in international standardization activities of International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), as a member representing Japan.

1-2 Organization of JISC

Council serves as the highest body of JISC, designing and planning fundamental matters concerning the operation and management of JISC. Standards Board and Conformity Assessment Board are subordinate to Council and technical committees are subordinate to the two boards, which carry out deliberations on JIS. Furthermore, under Council, Special Committees have been established for the purpose of studying and delib-erating specifi c matters.

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(1) CouncilCouncil consists of not more than 30 members (19 members are as of the end of Fiscal Year 2012), and deter-

mines JISC’s comprehensive policies as its highest decision-making body by holding well-rounded discussions on the concept of standardization policies based on its industrial, technological, and trade policies, among others.

(2) Standards BoardAs standardization has become more and more important as a tool to strengthen Japan’s industrial competi-

tiveness, Standards Board examines policies with the aim of “promoting standardization, R&D, and the acqui-sition of intellectual properties in an integrated manner,” “promoting strategic international standardization activities so as to spread Japan’s industrial technology throughout the global market,” “achieving standardiza-tion with full consideration of the elderly and the disabled”, and “promoting environmentally-friendly standard-ization”, and conducts deliberations to combine these policies with concrete activities in developing standards. These concrete activities, such as developing standards, are conducted by the 26 “Technical Committees” established for the respective technological sectors under Standards Board and the “Technical Committee on Environment and Recycling Policy” established as a committee for the purpose of dealing with matters in a cross-sectoral manner.

(3) Conformity Assessment BoardConformity Assessment Board conducts examinations on the operation and development of JIS Conformity

Assessment Systems and surveys and deliberations on conformity assessments and management system stan-dards. At the same time, the board reviews operational concepts and the development of domestic certifi cation/accreditation systems and the international/regional systems of conformity assessments from the viewpoint of spreading these standards.

1-3 Major meetings of JISC held in 2011–2012

January 2011 81st Standards Board Meeting

February 82nd Standards Board Meeting

March 23rd JISC Council Meeting83rd Standards Board Meeting33rd Conformity Assessment Board Meeting

April —

May 84th Standards Board Meeting

June 85th Standards Board Meeting34th Conformity Assessment Board Meeting21st Special Committee Meeting on Consumer Policy

July 86th Standards Board Meeting

August 87th Standards Board Meeting

September 88th Standards Board Meeting

October 89th Standards Board Meeting

November 90th Standards Board Meeting

December 91st Standards Board Meeting

January 2012 92nd Standards Board Meeting

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February 93rd Standards Board Meeting

March 94th Standards Board Meeting22nd Special Committee Meeting on Consumer Policy

April 35th Conformity Assessment Board Meeting1st Special Committee Meeting on Development of Intellectual Infrastructure 2012

May —

June 95th Standards Board Meeting, 96th Standards Board Meeting2nd Special Committee Meeting on Development of Intellectual Infrastructure 2012

July 97th Standards Board Meeting3rd Special Committee Meeting on Development of Intellectual Infrastructure 2012

August 98th Standards Board Meeting4th Special Committee Meeting on Development of Intellectual Infrastructure 2012

September 99th Standards Board Meeting

October 100th Standards Board Meeting

November 101st Standards Board Meeting36th Conformity Assessment Board Meeting

December 102nd Standards Board Meeting

January 2013 103rd Standards Board Meeting

February 24th JISC Council Meeting 104th Standards Board Meeting

March 105th Standards Board Meeting

Information on the meetings of Technical Committees which are under Standards Board and Conformity Assessment Board is available in Japanese on JISC website.

2 Japanese Industrial Standards (JIS)

JIS are national standards established based on the Industrial Standardization Act (1949) with the aim to promote the industrial standards of Japan.

Each JIS is given its own number. JIS number, in principle, comes in a combination of one letter of the alpha-bet that indicates the sector and a four-digit number.

e.g.) JIS G 3101: Rolled steels for general structure* The alphabet “G” indicates the “Iron and Steel” sector.

In the fi scal year 2012, the development of JIS and other operations were conducted in line with the “Industrial Standardization Operations Plan for FY 2012” approved by Standards Board Meeting held on June 1, 2012. As a result, the following JIS were made public: 170 newly established standards, 392 revised standards, 57 with-drawn standards and 1,219 confi rmed standards. As of March 31, 2013, there were 10,399 JIS and the number of JIS by sector is shown in Table 2-1 and Figure 2-1.

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41543820202150282171170311170

104204166186944327214421140813414024113

1,217

31533923452296452065163801528392

81582103110133000000257

-40356101715-1-15217117039

113

5711,6511,601372148395440410

1,740218162778037119052597515836

10,399

571

1651

1601

372

148

395

440

4101740

218

162

77

80

371

190

525

97

515

836

0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 1600 1800

Ａ

Ｂ

Ｃ

Ｄ

Ｅ

Ｆ

Ｇ

Ｈ

Ｋ

Ｌ

Ｍ

Ｐ

Ｑ

Ｒ

Ｓ

Ｔ

Ｗ

Ｘ

Ｚ

Table 2-1 Number of JIS revised or withdrawn in Fiscal Year 2012

Figure 2-1 Number of JIS by Sector

As of the end of March 2013

Type of promulgationRevised confirmed Withdrawn

Change in No.of Standards

TotalNewlyEstablished

Civil Engineeringand Architecture

Mechanical EngineeringElectronic and Electrical

EngineeringAutomotive Engineering

Railway Engineering

Shipbuilding

Chemical Engineering

Nonferrous Materials and Metallurgy

Ferrous Materials and Metallurgy

Textile Engineering

Mining

Pulp and Paper

Management System

Ceramics

Domestic WaresMedical Equipment and

Safety Appliances

Information Processing

Aircraft and Aviation

Miscellaneous

JIS Sector

A. Civil Engineering and ArchitectureB. Mechanical Engineering C. Electronic and Electrical Engineering D. Automotive Engineering E. Railway EngineeringF. ShipbuildingG. Ferrous Materials and MetallurgyH. Nonferrous Materials and MetallurgyK. Chemical EngineeringL. Textile EngineeringM. MiningP. Pulp and PaperQ. Management SystemR. CeramicsS. Domestic WaresT. Medical Equipment and Safety AppliancesW. Aircraft and AviationX. Information ProcessingZ. Miscellaneous

Total

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2-1 Process of developing JIS

When a task for standardization arises from social needs in the government or in industry, JIS draft is for-mulated by JIS drafting committee (comprising the relevant parties). JIS draft is then deliberated upon by JISC and is formally established or revised by the Minister in charge. The process of JIS development is as shown in Figure 2-2.

2-2 Relationship between JIS and international standards

As the global economy becomes increasingly borderless, international transactions of goods and services are expanding, and the importance of international standards such as ISO and IEC is growing. Enhancement of harmonization between international standards and national standards enables us to use products and product-related technologies throughout the world beyond national boundaries, which, in turn, facilitates international trade.

With respect to JIS, we have been promoting compliance with GATT Standards Code (developed in 1980). With the enforcement of WTO (World Trade Organization)/TBT (Technical Barriers to Trade) Agreement in January 1995, Japan has been further promoting consistency with international standards in order to respond to demands in and outside the country.

Table 2-2 shows the consistency between JIS and international standards (ISO and IEC) as of the end of March 2013.

Table 2-2 Consistency between JIS and International Standards

Total JIS 10,399 standards

Number of JIS with corresponding international standards 5,725 standards

JIS identical to international standards (IDT) 40%

JIS modifi ed from international standards (MOD) 57%

JIS not-equivalent to international standards (NEQ) 3%

(Note 1) The degree of correspondence of the standards in parentheses with international standards is in accordance with the defi nition of ISO/IEC Guide 21-1.

(Note 2) The rate of consistency (%) is obtained using the “number of JIS with corresponding international standards” as a parameter.

2008

2009

2010

2011

75（13％）

94（17％）

82（12％）

40 （7％）

507（87％）

465（83％）

590（88％）

555（93％）

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Figure2-2 JIS Development Process

Procedures under Article11 of the IndustrialStandardization Act

Creation by Competent Minister *1

(commissions relevantprivate-sector bodywhen necessary)

Voluntary creationby relevant

organizations / Sectors

Procedures under Article12 of IndustrialStandardization Act

Drawn up in committeeformat *2

Proposal

Ministry incharge*1

Ministry incharge*1

JISC *2

Council

Deliberation on JIS draft

Standards Board/ConformityAssessment

Board

Comprising almost500 members

(as of November 2012)

TechnicalCommittees

(committees onabout 30

different fields)

Chair: Dr. Tamotsu Nomakuchi, Executive Corporate Advisor of Mitsubishi Electric Corporation

JIS draft

Inquiry

Report

Establishm

ent

Notification in the official gazette

*1 Seven ministries: METI, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Ministry of the Environment

*2 Comprising all stakeholders, including producers, users,and consumers.

Breakdown of the number of proposals basedon Article 11 or Article 12 of Industrial Standardi-zation Act in the establishment or revision of JIS

�� government (GOJ)�� from the private sector

Fiscalyear Article 11 Article 12

The majority of proposals for establishment or revision are from the private sector based on Article 12

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SVG

SVG

SVG

Informationtransmitter

Location informationsearch service providerPosition information

content

Where?

What?

Common map format→ HTML or other

Local dataon the user’s PC

Can be combinedwith data on auser’s PC　↓Offline operation

Common map viewer(through a web browser)

Background maps canbe freely mixed and

combined

Other informationprovider

User can freelycombine content

Backgroundprovider A

Backgroundprovider B

Backgroundprovider C

2-3 Application of JIS to technical standards, etc. in the Law

As of the end of March 2013, 195 acts apply JIS to technical regulations, etc. (excluding Industrial Standardization Act), 1,306 JIS are cited in laws and regulations, and the frequency of citation in the laws and regulations is 6,521. Major acts citing JIS are as shown in Table 2-3.

Table 2-3 Major Acts Citing JIS

Title Frequency of JIS Citation

Pharmaceutical Affairs Act 1,164

Fire Service Act 601

Building Standards Act 588

Industrial Safety and Health Act 442

Human Resources Development Promotion Act 278

Act on the Regulation of Nuclear Source Material, Nuclear Fuel Material and Reactors 277

2-4 Major JIS established (revised) in 2011–2012

(1) JIS for map content delivered on the Internet (establishment)Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) is an XML based markup language for the expression of illustrations and

other vector content. SVG is recommended by World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), an organization that pro-motes standardization of various technologies used on the Internet. High-quality expansion, compression, and rotation are characteristic of vector encodings based on SVG.

This JIS, “JIS X 7197: Geographic Information—Map representation and services based on SVG,” establishes a method for encoding geographical information using SVG and delivering that SVG content via the internet as maps in applications and through web browsers. This JIS was accepted and published on November 25, 2012.

This JIS enables users to easily deliver map data via the internet. Users can freely mix and combine back-ground map data with other SVG map content layers from different providers.

In addition another standard “JIS X 4197: Scalable Vector Graphics Tiny1.2” SVG for small footprint and mobile devices was accepted and established as on November 20, 2012.

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Tip of the gas cylinder's valve

Flange

Stem

Guide so that gas cylinders are mounted in the proper direction onportable gas cookers

(2) JIS for bulb-type LED lamps for general lighting (establishment)Lighting account for almost 15 percent of total power consumption

in homes and about 20 percent in offi ce buildings. One hundred twenty years after the incandescent light bulb, and 60 years after the fl uorescent lamp, LED lamps have arrived as the lighting of the 21st century. Their energy conservation performance (luminous effi ciency) has taken great leaps in recent years. It is now six times that of incandescent light bulbs and 1.3 times that of fl uorescent lamps.

As well as these technical background, interest in energy conserva-tion has been rising since Great East Japan Earthquake. Bulb-type LED lamps are rapidly spreading as an alternatives to conventional light bulbs.

Some of the manufacturers and sellers of LED lamps have not been familiar with lightning industry. Some businesses are insuffi ciently con-scious of lighting equipment safety and performance, and complaints regarding their products have arisen.

From the perspective of the development and dissemination LED lighting with its outstanding energy con-servation performance, “JIS C 8158—Self-ballasted LED-lamps for general lighting services” was established on November 20, 2012, as the JIS-mark-eligible product standard for the safety, performance, labeling, etc., of bulb-type LED lamps.

(3) JIS for gas cylinders for portable gas cookersLeaking liquefied petroleum gas from improperly mounted gas cylinders for portable gas cookers (“gas

cylinders”) has caused fi res. It is believed that gas leakage caused by users attaching gas cylinders to portable gas cookers in the wrong position. “JIS S 2148” was therefore revised on February 20, 2013, in order to prevent improper positioning of gas cylinders.<Points of revision>• The strength of gas cylinder fl anges, which prevent improper mounting on portable gas cookers, was added.• Dimensional tolerances for gas cylinder parts were made stricter from the perspective of preventing improper

mounting.• After vibration testing of gas cylinders, evaluation not just of air tightness but of pressure tightness was

added.• Evaluations of air tightness and pressure tightness after drop testing of gas cylinders were added.

(4) Equipment for measuring specific activity of gamma-emitting radionuclides in foodstuffs (establishment)

The need for radiation detector for foodstuffs has been rising since Japan’s nuclear power plant accident. There has been a particular need for the detector that easily measures radiation in foodstuffs without devices requiring the kind of advanced measuring technology used by specialized analysis organizations.

METI as a secretariat of JISC therefore set standards for the quality, testing methods, indications, etc. of radiation detector of foodstuffs. . With the aim of helping promote its dissemination, Japanese Industrial

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Comparison of scintillator-type radiation detector and germanium semiconductor detectors

Newly established JIS Previously established JIS

Scintillator-type radiation detector

Movable. Easily affected by thesurrounding environment.

A few million yen 15-20 million yen + installation

Fixed (at installation location). Not easily affected by the surrounding environment.

Germanium semiconductor detector

Equipment example

Measurementlocation

Price

A few kilos 1.5-2 tonsWeight

About 1,000/year No domestic productionNumber produced in Japan

Used as a screening test method for radioactivity. If a high value of radiation is detected, a retest using a germanium semiconductor detector is needed.

Used to determine radioactive contamination.

Application

Simple Simple, but training is necessaryEase of measurement

3 Conformity Assessment

Conformity assessment is verification of whether a product, service, or organizational structure meets a specifi cation. Conformity assessment plays an important role in various areas, including safety control, govern-ment procurement, business transactions and product selection by consumers.

METI manages JIS Mark Certifi cation Scheme based on Industrial Standardization Act, makes efforts for mutual recognition with other countries in view of trade facilitation, and carries out various measures for certi-fi cation systems in the private sector.

3-1 JIS Mark Certifi cation Scheme

New JIS Mark Cert i f icat ion Scheme was launched in October 2005 based on revised Industrial Standardization Act. The scheme is an internationally harmonized third-party certifi cation system under which private-sector certifi cation bodies (accredited certifi cation bodies registered into GOJ) conduct certifi cation activities. METI is striving to ensure the reliability of the system through various initiatives, including strict responses to factories that breach the rules, on-site inspections of certifi ed business operators, inspections of purchased product samples, and regional seminars on JIS Mark Certifi cation Scheme. As part of its PR and pro-motion efforts, METI has set up an exhibit of JIS Mark products in the sixth-fl oor elevator lobby of its Annex building for visitors to its offi ces.

Standard (JIS Z 4342 Equipment for measuring specifi c activity of gamma-emitting radionuclides in foodstuffs) was established and published on March 21, 2013.

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Number of Certifications by Accredited Certification Body (in and outside the country)

As of the end of March 2013

Name of accredited certification body

Japan Testing Center for Construction Materials

Japan Paint Inspection and testing Association

General Building Research Corporation of Japan

Japan Gas Appliances Inspection Association

Japan Electrical Safety & Environment Technology Laboratories

Japan Textile Products Quality and Technology Center

Japan LP Gas Instrument Inspection Association

Japan Recreation and Miscellaneous Goods Safety Laboratory

Chemicals Evaluation and Research Institute, Japan

Japan Vehicle Inspection Association

Japan Quality Assurance Organization

Japan Water Works Association

Japan Sewage Works Association

JIC Quality Assurance Ltd.

Japan Heating Appliances Inspection Association

Japan Electric Cable Technology Center

Management System Assessment Center

Bureau Veritas Japan Co.Ltd.

Center for Better Living

Moody International Certification Ltd.

Japan Tile Testing & Engineering Association

Korean Standards Association

Korea Testing & Research Institute

AWPA Test Centre Association Inc.

The Ship Equipment Inspection Society of Japan

Total by sector

Sector

Registration typeCivil

Engineeringand

ArchitectureMechanicalEngineering

AutomotiveEngineering

RailwayEngineering Shipbuilding

FerrousMaterials

andMetallurgy

NonferrousMaterials

andMetallurgy

ChemicalEngineering

TextileEngineering

Pulp andPaper Ceramics

DomesticWares

MedicalEquipmentand SafetyAppliances Miscellaneous

CumulativeTotal

By BodyElectronic and

ElectricalEngineering

Exhibit of JIS Mark products

As of the end of March 2010, approximately 2,100 standards were targeted at certifi cation scheme, and the certifi cated number of cases was about 8,800. Since the new scheme began, certifi cation has progressed for environmentally conscious standards such as JIS A 4112 (Solar collectors) and JIS Z 7311 (Refuse derived paper and plastics densifi ed fuel [RPF]) and for welfare-related standards such as JIS T 9207 (Portable ramps for wheelchairs), JIS T 9208 (Electrically powered scooters), and JIS T 9254 (Electrically operated adjustable bed for home use). A total of 634 newly certifi ed business operators have emerged with respect to a total of 285 standards.

Looking ahead, METI will continue working to ensure and enhance the scheme’s reliability through surveil-lance of Accredited Certifi cation Bodies, on-site inspections of certifi ed factories and other measures.

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3-2 Japan National Laboratory Accreditation System (JNLA)

JNLA has been put in place to accredit competent testing laboratories, which can issue reliable test reports based on the examination result in accordance with the test method of JIS. Accredited testing laboratories are entitled to issue test reports with JNLA logo.

Since the launch of New JIS Mark Certification Scheme in 2005, all JIS specified tests have been cov-ered with the scope of JNLA. With this, the method of evaluating and indicating conformity to JIS has been enhanced. ISO/IEC 17025 (General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories) is confi rmed during the laboratory registration process. Test certifi cates from JNLA-accredited testing laborato-ries subject to Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA) are internationally accepted.

Currently, 210 testing laboratories have been accredited by JNLA (as of the end of March 2013), and close to 200,000 test report are issued annually covering a wide range of areas including the civil engineering/construc-tion, iron/steel, and textiles.

3-3 International conformity assessment system

Private bodies certifying organizations such as corporations for conformity to management system (MS) standards are examples of international conformity assessment schemes. Typical MS standards are ISO 9001 (Quality) and ISO 14001 (Environment). Such MS standards are expected to serve as tools to enhance the sense of security that buyers of goods and services feel towards suppliers’ quality control and environmental manage-ment systems, to improve the suppliers systems, and to contribute to PR. In Japan, the scheme fully started in the mid-1990s, and over 50 certifi cation bodies remain active under the supervision of private accreditation bodies (Japan Accreditation Board for conformity assessment [JAB], etc). Today, about 37,000 organizations are certifi ed for ISO9001 and about 20,000 for ISO14001 nationwide.

During more than 10 years, the number of MS standards certifi cations has rapidly increased. However, cer-tifi cation-related scandals have frequently occurred at corporations that have received MS standards certifi ca-tion. The inability of the MS standards certifi cation scheme to prevent such scandals has become problematic. The credibility of the system itself has become a concern.

To ensure the system’s credibility, in July 2008, METI therefore published “Guidelines for the improvement of management system certifi cation” targeting accreditation and certifi cation bodies.

In light of the guidelines, accreditation and certifi cation bodies formulated an action plan, which was imple-mented as “Japan Initiative for Reliability Enhancement of Certifi cation (JIREC).”

Since the scheme has been internationally accepted, METI made an international proposal in line with the guidelines at International Accreditation Forum (IAF) and Pacifi c Accreditation Cooperation (PAC), in cooper-ation with the relevant overseas parties with whom Japan shares a common awareness of the issue. As a result, the proposal is being deliberated in a working group within IAF. Efforts will continue in light of revisions to the international standards and other factors concerning certifi cation.

Number of Third-party Certifi cations based on Major MS Standards

International Standards The world*1 Japan*2

ISO9001:2008Quality management Systems

1,111,698 37,021

ISO14001:2004Environmental Management Systems

267,457 19,906

ISO/IEC27001:2005Information Security Management Systems

17,509 4,279

*1: ISO Survey – 2011*2: Data as of the end of March 2013 from the Japan Accreditation Board and the Japan Information Processing

Development Corporation

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JIREC: Japan Initiative for Reliability Enhancement of Certification

Content of JIREC

JIREC

Accreditation bodies

Response to scandals at certifiedorganizations

Voluntary certified organization information disclosure program

Disclosure of information onassessment results

Disclosure of certification bodies'basic information

Thorough effectiveness assessment

Vigorous PR regarding accreditationand certification systems

Certification bodies Certified organizations

Certified organizations that willfullyprovide false information will not be

certified for a given period

Disclosure of certification-relatedinformation

Suspension or revocation oforganizations that commit seriousviolations of laws or regulations

Adjustment of certification scope

Improvement of examiner qualityand consistency

(including reexaminationof theschemes of their certification bodies)

3-4 Promotion of effi ciency in conformity assessment procedures

MRA concluded between governments is one of the systems by which conformity assessment procedures conducted in exporting countries can be used by importing counties, with an aim to facilitate trade. Since the government of the importing country accepts results of the conformity assessment of the exporting country, an exporter can complete the conformity assessment procedures within their own country, which can reduce time and costs, leading to the promotion of export. Japan has concluded MRAs for exports such as electric appli-ances with Singapore, EU, Thailand and Philippines. Additionally, with Taiwan in November 2012, Japanese side (Interchange Association (Japan)) and Taiwanese side (Association of East Asian Relations) signed arrangement for cooperation on mutual recognition.

IEC operates some systems in which member country certification bodies mutually recognize testing results from laboratories in each other’s countries. Among them, IECEE (IEC System for Conformity Testing and Certifi cation of Electrotechnical Equipment and Components) issues many testing reports in Japan. This system improves effi ciency since a certifi cation body of an importing country conducts conformity assessment procedures using the test report which an exporter obtained within its own country. In practice, individual agreements are concluded among certifi cation bodies, in an effort to further improve services for exporters.

METI will continue to effectively use various methods in order to contribute in order to effi ciency in confor-mity assessment procedures, including the aforementioned frameworks, to address the facilitation of trade.

4 Approaches to International Standardization

JISC participates in international standardization activities of ISO and IEC, as a member representing Japan.

4-1 Participation in ISO

JISC has been a member of ISO since 1952. Japan is participating in many Technical Committees and Subcommittees for the development of international standards at ISO and actively taking part in international standardization activities. JISC sends Japanese representatives to Council and to Technical Management Board (TMB), an essential decision-making body.

Japan has been successively selected as a member of Council since 1969 and has served as a permanent member of Council since ISO General Assembly in September 1979.

In 2008, ISO General Assembly decided to make Japan a permanent member of TMB starting in 2010. Furthermore, following a decision by ISO General Assembly, Mr. Sadao Takeda, Director-General of Japanese

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Standards Association (JSA) at that time, was appointed ISO Vice-President (policy) for the 2010-2011 term (and reappointed for 2012–2013).

Participation in ISO (as of end of each year)

2012 2011 2010

Number of ISO members 164 163 163

Number of ISO Technical Committees 737 737 706

ISO budget (1000 CHF) 37,629 36,102 36,775

Membership subscriptions of Japan (1000 CHF) 1,531 1,481 1,436

Number of Technical Committees in which Japan participates (including as an O-member)

687 680 669

Number of Technical Committees for which Japan serves as a Secretariat

67 67 63

Number of Technical Committees for which Japan serves as a Chairperson

61 60 54

4-2 Participation in IEC

JISC has been a member of IEC since 1953. Japan is participating in many Technical Committees and sub-committees for the development of standards at IEC and actively taking part in international standardization activities. JISC sends Japanese representatives to Council Board (CB), an essential decision-making body, to Standardization Management Board (SMB), and to Market Strategy Board (MSB), newly established in 2008.

Japan has acted as a permanent member of CB and SMB since 1998 when both of these were established. In addition, Dr. Hiromichi Fujisawa of Hitachi, Ltd., has already been appointed as a Vice-President (term: 2009–2011, reappointed: 2012–2014). Moreover, Dr. Junji Nomura of Panasonic Corp. has been serving as IEC’s President-Elect in 2013. He is to become its President in 2014.

Participation in IEC (as of end of each year)

2012 2011 2010

Number of IEC members 82 82 81

Number of IEC Technical Committees 184 175 174

IEC budget (1000 CHF) 20,400 20,000 19,600

Membership subscriptions of Japan (1000 CHF) 780 780 884

Number of Technical Committees in which Japan participates

183 174 173

Number of Technical Committees for which Japan serves as a Secretariat

23 15 15

Number of Technical Committees for which Japan serves as a Chairperson

15 9 11

17

63

71

8694

96102

112

125

50

60

70

80

90

100

110

120

130

Trends in the number of international standards proposed by Japan (ISO and IEC)Cases

Trends in cases from various countries accepted by ISO/IEC Secretaries

U.S.GermanyU.K.FranceJapanChinaKorea

4-3 International standards proposed by Japan during fi scal 2011–2012

JISC actively proposes outstanding Japanese technologies as international standards.

(1) Standardization for organic/nanodevice measurementAmong the organic/nanodevices that will create next-generation electronics industry, the commercializa-

tion of organic thin-fi lm transistors (OTFT) as driving elements in displays, lighting elements, and sensors, has been highly promising. The fabrication of high-performance and highly-reliable OTFT will be promoted by aiming at the establishment of accurate characterization method of organic semiconductor materials.Accordingly, OTFT that can be produced with printing technology will be adopted for organic EL lighting. Sharp reduction in manufacturing energy consumption of lighting elements and creation of lighting and display devices with innovative functions are expected with the application of OTFT to organic EL lighting.

In this background, in order to establish standards for accurate characterization of both OTFT and the organic semiconductor materials used in it OTFT, in fi scal year 2012, Japan proposed a preliminary work item (PWI) toward formulating of blank detail specifi cations (BDS) for “OTFT sample structure for electric con-duction measurement” to IEC’s Technical Committee on nanoelectronics (TC 113). It was Japan’s fi rst PWI pro-posal in TC 113. Subsequently, it was formally recognized as new work item proposal (NWIP) through a vote of the TC 113 member countries. Today, with the participation of experts from fi ve countries (Japan, Germany, Russia, Korea, and U.S.), action to create international technical specifi cations (TS) is actively underway.

Contact-area-limited doping is a versatile methodfor improving device performance of OTFTs.

Main point of the standardization proposal

Highly-doped layers around contact electrodes are indispensable for realizing reliable evaluation of carrier mobility and concentration in organic semiconductor devices.

Highly-doped layerContact electrode

Organic semiconductor layer

Gate insulator

Gate electrode

Substrate

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(2) International standardization of dental materialsIn ISO/TC 106 (Dentistry), approximately 150 ISO standards have been developed. Some of the ISO stan-

dards are referred to in technical regulations in various countries.In Japan, there are 94 JISs corresponding to ISO/TC106 standards, of which 38 JISs (29 cases as attestation

base) are referred to in Japanese Pharmaceutical Affairs Act. In U.S., FDA has recognized 29 ISO/TC106 stan-dards for use in its marketing clearance of dental products. In Europe, the standards developed by ISO/TC106 are being simultaneously adopted as EN standards by European Committee for Standardization (CEN) under the Vienna Agreement, and 88 of them are quoted as harmonized standards for European Medical Device Directives (MDD).

Thus, international standardization is having a major impact on the regulatory framework for “dentistry” in various countries. In recent years, Japan has been actively submitting NWIP to ISO/TC106 and undertaking as secretariat. During fi scal year 2012, Japan’s proposal on dental magnetic attachments to attach dental prosthe-ses (dentures) was developed as ISO 13017.

Developed in Japan, they are used in a wide variety of applications, such as magnetic retention of dentures and fi xing the upper structures of implants. Through the standard, Japanese magnetic dental attachments are demonstrably high-quality, more compact and with more powerful magnetism than foreign products. This is expected to make an important contribution to entry into international markets. Furthermore, fi rmly attached dentures improve quality of life. Mastication is better, and being able to chew properly stimulates the brain.

Because the standard does not describe how to measure the magnetism of magnetic attachments, mag-netism cannot be accurately measured. We therefore explained to an international conference the need for standardization of testing methods and measurement tools that enable simple measurement and have small standard deviations. We immediately proposed revision of the standard.

• 2008submit NWIP to ISO/TC 106/SC 2　↓• 2012

ISO 13017 published　↓• 2013

JIS draft (based on above ISO) is being created

(3) International standardization for wind power systemsSince Great East Japan Earthquake, there has been a renewed awareness of the importance of clean and

natural energy. Expectations for wind power are rising.International standards for wind power systems are currently developed in IEC/TC 88 (Wind turbines). IEC

61400 series has been published, and commercialization based on these standards is proceeding in various countries.

However, current international standards were established based on experience in Europe and U.S., and they are not necessarily suited to countries such as Japan with more diffi cult environmental conditions (e.g., turbulent winds caused by complex geography, typhoons, etc.). In the work of reviewing and revising the cur-rent international standards, JISC therefore actively proposes that they address the particular require-ments of Japan’s climate, such as typhoons, turbu-lent winds, and winter thunderstorms. The aim of reflecting the ideas in proposals on such items in the standards is to supply the world market with highly reliable wind power systems suitable even for distinctive natural environmental conditions like those in Japan.

(Example of mounting of magnetic attachment)

Prosthetic toothMagnet

Keeper

Root

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(4) International standardization of the railway sectorIEC began the activity in the railway sector in IEC/TC 9 (Electrical equipment and systems for railways) in

1924. ISO decided in 2012 to establish ISO/TC 269 as the technical committee to develop international stan-dards for all areas of railways, except for those covered by IEC/TC 9.

Railway Technical Research Institute (RTRI) has served as Japanese National Mirror Committee on IEC/TC 9 and on the related ISO Technical Committee (ISO/TC 17[Steel]/SC 15[Railway rails, rails fasteners, wheels and wheelsets ]) and RTRI also accepted to be the secretariat of National Mirror committee on ISO/TC 269.Through coordination with relevant institutions, RTRI has successfully provided the committee’s Chairperson to ISO/TC269. It is hoped that this will lead to the development of integrated, crosscutting international standardization activities in the railway sector, with Japan playing the most important role in ISO/TC 269.

The commit tee’s f irst general meet ing was held on October 30–31, 2012, in Berlin, Germany. Establishment of Ad Hoc Groups on two work items proposed by Japan was approved, and a Japanese member was selected for the Chair ’s advisory group. The second plenary meeting is scheduled to be held in Japan in November 2013.

IEC has been at the center of internat ional standardization of the railway sector, but with the establishment of ISO/TC 269, development of inter-national standards in ISO should grow more active. We will work towards the international standardization of Japan’s outstanding railway technology while continuing to collaborate with domestic stakeholders.

(5) Standardization of satellite specifi cations and transmit data systems related to precision position-ing systems

There are high expectations for centimeter-scale precision positioning systems in a wide range of fi elds that can contribute to improving the quality of life. They include automated farm work, traffi c control and environ-mental measurement. Because there are cases where the reliability and operability of positioning accuracy in vehicle and ship control contribute immediately to economic loss, ensuring the reliability of such systems is vital.

However, current centimeter-scale precision positioning can only be guaranteed for a few kilometers in each direction. We have therefore begun work on developing international standards to accomplish centimeter-scale precision positioning over an area covering 1,000 kilometers in every direction by using additional satellites.

During fi scal year 2012, Japan proposed NWIP titled “Space systems - Space based services requirements for centimeter class positioning” to ISO/TC 20 (Aircraft and space vehicles), and its registration to start the development of standard was completed.

4-4 Human resources working on international standardization activities

The following TC/SC indicates either Japanese has been serving as Secretary and/or Chairperson at ISO and IEC (as of March 2013).

Overview

- Establishment approved in April 2012 based on joint proposal by Germany and France.- RTRI designated as Japanese National Mirror Committee. Through coordination with relevant institutions , Japan obtained chairmanship.- First plenary meeting held in Berlin, Germany, in October 2012. Establishment of ad hoc groups approved for two Japanese proposals for international standards. Second plenary meeting to be held in Japan in November 2013.

ISO/TC 269 (railway sector)

Chairmanshipobtained

Integrated, andcrosscutting standards

activities

Japanese member joinsCAG as well

Chair country: Japan

Strategic BusinessPlan established atChair's advisory group(CAG)

Secretariatcountry: Germany

Submitted NWIP fromJapanese proposals

1) Generic standards

2) HVAC standards

Scope covers almostentire railway sector([except IEC area])

Japanese National Mirror Committee

Playing a leading role in international standardizationactivities in the ISO railway sector.

RTRI

ISO/TC 17 (Steel) SC 15(Railway rails,rail fasteners,

wheels and wheelsets)

IEC/TC 9(Electrical equipment and

systems for railways) *Established in 1924

Establishment of new TC ISO/TC 269 (Railway applications)

Illustration of use of precisionpositioning system

Vehicle operation control/unattended operation Ship operational control

Civil engineeringworks

Coastal and tsunamimanagement

Precisionagriculture

Overview of ISO/TC 269 (Railway applications)

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(X indicates that Japanese is in charge of Secretary and/or Chairperson.)

TC SC Name Secretary Chairperson

4 12 Ball bearings X X

8 2 Marine environment protection (U.S.) X

8 6 Navigation and ship operations X X

17 Steel X X

17 1 Methods of determination of chemical composition X X

17 9 Tinplate and blackplate X X

22 22 Motorcycles X X

28 5Measurement of refrigerated hydrocarbon and non-petro-leum based liquefi ed gaseous fuels

X X

38 TextilesX*Twinning with China

(China)

38 2 Cleansing, fi nishing and water resistance testsX*Twinning with China

(U.S.)

41 3 Conveyor beltsX*Twinning with China

(Netherlands)

45 2 Testing and analysis X X

47 Chemistry X X

59 3Functional/user requirements and performance in build-ing construction

X X

61 11 Products X X

61 12 Thermosetting materials X X

61 13 Composites and reinforcement fi bres X X

67 5 Casing, tubing and drill pipe X X

69 6 Measurement methods and results X X

List of ISO Secretaries/Chairpersons

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69 8Application of statistical and related methodology for new technology and product development

X X

71 6Non-traditional reinforcing materials for concrete structures

X X

71 7 Maintenance and repair of concrete structures (Korea) X

71 8Environmental management for concrete and concrete structures

X X

79 2 Organic and anodic oxidation coatings on aluminium X X

79 4 Unalloyed (refi ned) aluminium ingots X X

79 11 Titanium X X

91 Surface active agents (Iran) X

92 1 Fire initiation and growth (U.K.) X

94 Personal safety - - Protective clothing and equipment (Australia) X

96 5 Use, operation and maintenance X X

98 3 Loads, forces and other actions X X

102 Iron ore and direct reduced iron X X

102 1 Sampling X (Australia)

106 7 Oral care products X X

106 9 Dental CAD/CAM systems X X

111Round steel link chains, chain slings, components and accessories

X (U.K.)

111 3 Components and accessories X (U.K.)

114 11 Indication of accuracy X X

114 12 Antimagnetism X X

122 Packaging X X

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123 Plain bearings X X

123 6 Terms and common items X X

123 7 Special types of plain bearings X X

127 3Machine characteristics, electrical and electronic systems, operation and maintenance

X X

131 7 Sealing devices X X

135 Non-destructive testing X X

135 6 Leak detection methods X X

138 Plastics pipes, fi ttings and valves for the transport of fl uids X X

149 1 Cycles and major sub-assemblies X (France)

150 Implants for surgery X (U.S.)

159 3 Anthropometry and biomechanics X X

162 Doors and windows X X

164 Mechanical testing of metals X X

164 2 Ductility testing X X

172 3 Optical materials and components X X

173 2 Classifi cation and terminology X (Netherland)

173 7 Accessible design X X

195 1 Machinery and equipment for concrete work X X

201 Surface chemical analysis X X

201 4 Depth profi ling X X

201 6 Secondary ion mass spectrometry X X

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201 8 Glow discharge spectroscopy X (Sweden)

202 3 Analytical electron microscopy X X

202 4 Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) X X

206 Fine ceramics X (Korea)

227 Springs X (Germany)

244 Industrial furnaces and associated processing equipment X X

268 1 Smart community infrastructures X X

269 Railway applications (Germany) X

JTC1 2 Coded character sets X X

JTC1 23 Optical disk cartridges for information interchange X X

JTC1 28 Offi ce equipment X X

JTC1 29Coding of audio, picture, multimedia and hypermedia information

X X

JTC1 34 Document description and processing languages X (Korea)

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(X indicates that Japanese is in charge of Secretary and/or Chairperson.)

TC SC / TA Name Secretary Chairperson

ACTAD (Advisory Committee on Electricity Transmission and Distribution)

- X

3 C Graphical symbols for use on equipment X (Finland)

3 D Product properties and classes and their identifi cation (Germany) X

35 Primary cells and batteries X (U.S.)

36 C Insulators for substations X (Sweden)

47 A Integrated circuits X (U.K.)

47 D Semiconductor devices packaging X X

47 E Discrete semiconductor devices (Korea) X

47 F Micro-electromechanical systems X (Korea)

48 D Mechanical structures for electronic equipment (Germany) X

49Piezoelectric, dielectric and electrostatic devices and associated materials for frequency control, selection and detection

X (U.S.)

51 Magnetic components and ferrite materials X (U.S.)

61 BSafety of microwave appliances for household and com-mercial use

(Switzerland) X

61 CSafety of refrigeration appliances for household and commercial use

(Germany) X

77 Electromagnetic compatibility (Germany) X

86 BFibre optic interconnecting devices and passive components

X (Belgium)

90 Superconductivity X (France)

91 Electronics assembly technology X (U.S.)

100 Audio, video and multimedia systems and equipment X (U.S.)

List of IEC Secretaries/Chairpersons

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TC SC / TA Name Secretary Chairperson

TA1Terminals for audio, video and data services and contents

X (Finland)

TA2 Colour measurement and management (U.S.) X

TA6Storage media, storage data structures, storage sys-tems and equipment

X X

TA8 Multimedia home server systems X X

TA9Audio, video and multimedia applications for end-user network

X (U.S.)

TA10 Multimedia e-publishing and e-book technologies X X

TA11 Quality for audio, video and multimedia systems (U.K.) X

TA12 AV energy effi ciency and smart grid applications X (U.S.)

TA13 Environment for AV and multimedia equipment X -

TA14Interfaces and methods of measurement for personal computing equipment

X X

105 Fuel cell technologies (Germany) X

110 Electronic display devices X (China)

111Environmental standardization for electrical and elec-tronic products and systems

(Italy) X

CISPR

B

Interference relating to industrial, scientifi c and medical radio-frequency apparatus, to other (heavy) industrial equipment, to overhead power lines, to high voltage equipment and to electric traction

X (Germany)

CISPR

IElectromagnetic compatibility of information technol-ogy equipment, multimedia equipment and receivers

X (U.K.)

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5 International Cooperation

As a Standard Development Organization and a part of Government of Japan, JISC and Technical Regulations, Standards and Conformity Assessment Policy Unit of METI have been making various efforts with an aim to foster cooperative relationships with many countries in international standardization activities, such as by regular consultation meetings on a bilateral basis.

5-1 Partnership with Europe

(1) JISC-CENELEC (European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization) information exchange meetings

Japan has held regular information exchange meetings (once a year) since 1996 with CENELEC, the European regional standardization organization in the electrotechnical fi eld. In October 2005, JISC signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with CENELEC to promote the reciprocal exchange of information on standardization activities, thus enhancing comprehensive cooperative relations.

The 17th information exchange meeting was held in November 2012 in Brussels, Belgium. At the plenary session, presentations were given on initiatives on standardization for small and medium enterprises and the relationship between R&D and standardization. In individual fields, information was exchanged on topics including trends in railway systems, electromagnetic fi elds (EMF; assessment methods for human exposure), smart grids, and power drive systems (PDS). Information and communications technology (ICT), electromag-netic compatibility (EMC), and accessibility were discussed at another time and place, so representatives made reports to the plenary session.

(2) JISC-CEN information exchange meetingsCEN, which, like CENELEC, is one of the regional standardization organizations in Europe, promotes stan-

dardization in the fi elds corresponding to ISO. JISC signed MOU with CEN in June 2008 to bind the coopera-tive relationship between the two organizations. In November 2012, the 5th information exchange meeting based on the MOU was held concurrently with JISC-CENELEC information exchange meeting in Brussels, Belgium. The meetings on railways and accessibility were held at a different time and place, so representa-tives reported on it at the plenary meeting. Since accessibility is a joint matter with CENELEC, JISC-CEN-CENELEC meeting was held. In the meeting with CEN-CENELEC secretariats, the parties exchanged views on strategic discussions and other topics.

♦ Japan-EU Working Group Standards and Conformity Assessment (governmental bilateral meeting)Under Japan-EU Industrial Policy and Industrial Cooperation Dialogue, which is co-chaired by a Vice-

Minister for International Affairs of METI in Japan and European Commission’s Director-General of the Directorate General For Enterprise and Industry, Japan-EU Working Group Standards and Conformity Assessment was set up to exchange views on policies for standardization and conformity assessment of two sides, and this group has met 15 times so far.

The most recent 15th meeting was held in November 2012 in Brussels to exchange information on stan-dards and conformity assessment policies of both sides in recent years.

5-2 Partnership with U.S.

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)-METI-American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Dialog

In response to the agreement concluded by economic ministers in 1997 on cooperation in the standardiza-tion fi eld between Japan and U.S., NIST-METI-ANSI Dialog is held annually with participation of the relevant organizations, such as standardization bodies of both countries, including METI and NIST of U.S. Department of Commerce, to exchange a wide range of information pertaining to policies on standards and conformity

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assessment and related activities.The 16th meeting was held in Washington, DC, U.S., in October 2010. The following topics were discussed:

1) a presentation of the latest trends at NIST, ANSI, and METI, 2) the state of approaches to third countries, 3) responses to problems with nanolabeling, and 4) NIST activities on greenhouse gases and preparing for smart grids.

5-3 Partnership with China and Korea

(1) Northeast Asia (China-Japan- Korea) Standardization Cooperation ForumNortheast Asia Standardization Cooperation Forum has been convened every year since 2002 to strengthen

the trilateral cooperation on standardization among China, Japan and Korea, and promote the cooperation on standardization in individual fi elds. Participants include the standardization organizations of each country, JSA (Secretariat) and other private-sector bodies.

The 10th meeting was held in Korea in June 2011, and the 11th was held in China in April 2012. Information was exchanged regarding cooperation on ISO/IEC and other international standardization activities in indi-vidual fi elds.

(2) Japan and Korea Annual Meeting in Standards and ConformanceJapan and Korea have been holding annual meetings since 1979 aiming to exchange information on the stan-

dards and conformity assessment policies of both countries and discuss issues regarding international stan-dardization activities at ISO/IEC, and about cooperation/partnership in standardization activities in individual fi elds, with participation of government offi cials, and ISO/IEC-related parties mainly in private organizations and industries of both countries.

The 30th meeting was held in Korea in June 2011, and the 31st in China in April 2012 to coincide with the Northeast Asia Standardization Cooperation Forum. We had an exchange of views on the policies and activities for standards and conformity assessment in both countries and on cooperation on ISO/IEC and other interna-tional standardization activities in individual fi elds.

(3) Japan-China Standardization Cooperation DialogBased on the MOU signed in April 2007 between METI and Administration of Quality Supervision,

Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ), views on cooperation for ISO/IEC standardization activities were exchanged.

The 4th meeting was held in Korea in June 2011, and the 5th in China in April 2012 to coincide with the Northeast Asia Standardization Cooperation Forum. We had an exchange of views on the policies and activities for standards and conformity assessment in both countries and cooperation on ISO/IEC and other international standardization activities in individual fi elds.

♦ China, Japan, Korea-Standards Cooperation on Information Technology and Electronics (CJK-SITE) [Industrial Efforts]In response to the increasing need for international standardization in each field of electronics and

information/communications, CJK-SITE was set up in November 2007 with the cooperation of the relevant industrial associations and private enterprises with an aim to promote cooperation for international stan-dardization activities of China, Japan and Korea.

CJK-SITE comprises members of the private sector and academia in each country. The 4th General Assembly and related meetings were held in Shenzhen in November 2010. Discussions focused on indi-vidual fields in which the countries share a common interest, and on new areas of cooperation. How to strengthen ties between CJK-SITE and the Northeast Asia Standardization Cooperation Forum was dis-cussed as well. The parties agreed, as an experiment, to hold the 2011 CJK-SITE General Assembly at the same place and time as the Northeast Asia Standardization Cooperation Forum.

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5-4 Partnership in Asia-Pacifi c Region

(1) Pacifi c Area Standards Congress (PASC)PASC comprises 23 non-European national standardization organizations composed of the Pacifi c Rim coun-

tries/economies. It was established through a proposal by U.S. in 1972 with the aim of enhancing partnership and promoting participation in international standardization activities at ISO/IEC etc. in the Pacifi c Rim. In 2008, JISC accepted PASC Secretariat for a three-year term and is currently serving its second (2011–2013). The 34th PASC meeting was held in Bangkok, Thailand in 2011, and the 35th meeting was held in Yeosu, Korea, in 2012. In both annual meeting, member representatives exchanged information and the opinions on recent trends of international standardization activities and important individual fi elds with representatives of ISO/IEC etc.

(2) JISC/IEC/APSG Asia – Pacifi c Human Resources Development Seminar APSG seminar has been held annually since 2002. Its aims are to invigorate IEC international standardiza-

tion activities in the Asia-Pacifi c region, to develop proposals for IEC international standards from Asia region, to foster experts who can attend IEC international conferences and participate in the discussions there, and to foster domestic personnel in each country who can support those experts. At the seminar, Japanese experts working in IEC give presentatuions about the state of development on IEC international standards and the ben-efi ts of IEC international standardization activities. The theme of the seminar for the three years 2011–2013 has been selected as “Standardization activities towards a green society.” The most recent seminar was held in Singapore in December 2012.

(3) APEC/SCSC (Sub-Committee on Standards and Conformance)APEC/SCSC launched in 1994. It meets semiannually. SCSC’s main themes are harmonization with inter-

national standards, mutual recognition of conformity assessments transparency, and development of technical infrastructure. It carries out debate and activities regarding projects in individual fi elds. In September 2011, SCSC general conference met in San Francisco with U.S. as Chair. Reports were delivered on projects con-cerning topics such as smart grids, solar power, green buildings, and wine regulations. In 2012, Russia was the Chair, and SCSC general conference convened in Moscow in February and in Kazan in June. Reports were delivered on projects such as good regulatory practice (GRP). Indonesia is the Chair in 2013, and SCSC general conference was held in Jakarta in January.

(4) AJCEP/SC-STRACAP (Sub-Committee on Standards, Technical Regulations, and Conformity Assessment Procedures)

In March 2012, the fi rst meeting of SC-STRACAP, voluntary standards for ASEAN-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership (AJCEP), was held in Brunei. On ASEAN side, subcommittee participants are members of ASEAN Consultative Committee on Standards and Quality (ACCSQ).

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5-5 Other partnerships with Asian countries

With the aim of encouraging active participation in interna-tional standardization activities by Asian countries, JISC has set up and implemented a program indicating ideas such as technical cooperation and development of international stan-dards in collaboration with Japan. It is accelerating its techni-cal cooperation with ASEAN nations.

This year, 2013, in particular, is the 40th anniversary of Japanese friendship and cooperation with ASEAN, so we have worked to further enhance cooperation with Asian nations, reviewing the proper form for the relationships.

6 Human Resources Development

Needless to say, developing human resources to actively work in standardization activities is impor-tant. METI therefore undertook human resources development activities in fiscal year 2012 as described below.

(1) Training for business personnel ME TI has begun organizing Young Professional Japan

courses since 2012. Their aims are to promote international standardization activities by developing the next generation of human resources to have abilities to negociate and manage the other countries to persuade and agree with Japanese proposal.

♦ What is the Young Professional Japan course?It is a course in standardization for the development of young human resources. It teaches not only inter-

national standardization strategy, but also negotiation techniques (how to move people and organizations, etc.) and English as a business tool.

Former IEC/SMB member Mr. Setsuo Harada is the instructor. Fourteen students completed the fi rst term (July–September 2012), and 13 the second (January–March 2013). Twenty-fi ve more are enrolled in the third term (June–August 2013).

At 2014 IEC Tokyo Meeting, the young generations trained through the course will join in the IEC-sponsored Young Professional Program. They are to participate in debates and technical committee ses-sions at the conference.

Photo: Scene from a Young Professional Japan course

Photo (upper): Meeting with Chairperson of Department of Standards Malaysia, Ministry of Science, Technology & the Environment of Malaysia (DSM)

Photo (lower): Meeting with Director-General of Directorate for Standards, Metrology and Quality, Ministry of Science and Technology (STAMEQ)

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(2) Training for university and graduate studentsIn order to develop human resources who can become busi-

ness personnel or international standardization experts or researchers in the future, ME TI has implemented support to establish and execute the course in university education on standardization. During f iscal year 2012, the support for courses on standardization was provided at eight universi -ties, Tamagawa University, Tezukayama University, Kyushu University, Tokyo University of Science, Nihon University, Doshisha University, Toyohashi University of Technology and the University of Tokyo.

In addit ion, ME T I sends st a f f to universit ies such as Waseda Universit y to g ive course on standardization.

METI supported the establishment of network system called “University Network Conference on Standardization Education” for relevant instructors and researchers. Based on close cooperation among universities, it is intended to promote mutual information exchange, joint initiatives, partnerships with international organizations on standardization, cooperation with universities newly engaged in standard-ization education, and raise the level of education. The first conference was held in March 2013. In addi-tion to Chubu University, the University of Tokyo, Kanazawa Institute of Technology, Osaka University, Kwansei Gakuin University, Nagaoka University of Technology, Kyoto University, Tokyo Institute of Technology, and Kyushu University, groups such as JSA and Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry also attended and participated in the lively discussions.

From fiscal year 2013, METI aims to further utilize already developed teaching materials, and expand standardization education at universities.

(3) Training for elementary, junior/senior high school and technical college studentsBy sending lecturers to elementary, junior high and senior

high schools and technical colleges, METI provides standard-ization lessons so that students can learn about and under-stand the standardization around them and how it benef its society from youth.

During fi scal year 2012, the lessons were given at fi ve schools, Okayama Daianji High School, Kagoshima National College of Technology, Chatan Junior High School (Okinawa), Asahikawa National College of Technology, and Okinawa National College of Technology.

In fiscal year 2013 and beyond as well, classes on standard-ization will be given to promote learning and understanding among elementary, junior high and senior high schools and technical college students.

Scene from a course on standardization at Kyushu University

Scene from a standardization class

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7 Response to Consumer Needs

Standardization comes about through a consensus not just of industry, but also of users and neutral experts. In the consumer goods sector in particular, the voices from consumers as stake-holders in standardization are essential.

ISO est abl ished ISO/COPOL CO ( ISO Commit tee on Consumer Policy) under Council to inform consumers of mean-ings and benefits of consumer participation in standardization activities, and make proposals on development of standards responding to consumer needs. In Japan, JISC established the Special Committee on Consumer Policy under JISC Council to promote consumer participation in standardization activities. Additionally, along with fi nding consumer needs that can be met by standardization, the Committee addresses standardization responding to consumer needs.

As its measures to promote consumer participation in standard-ization activities and dissemination of knowledge of standardiza-tion, JISC held introductory seminars cooperated by consumer groups. In fiscal year 2012, the seminars were held in 14 loca-tions, with a total of 800 people attending. In the seminars, JISC explained what standardization is, the process required, and how standardization is close to consumers.

In addition, JISC also held seminars to train human resources who would be able to participate in JIS draft-ing committees and offer opinions from consumers’ perspective. In fiscal year 2012, about 15 participants learned about trends in the development of safety standards for children’s clothing, discussed in groups about products familiar with them and role-played drafting standards.

ISO/IEC Guide 50 (Safety aspects - Guidelines for child safety), which was developed by ISO/COPOLCO, is to be reviewed. Because the scope of Guide 50 is so broad, JISC will formulate Japan’s opinion and make propos-als about the review by participation of not only consumers and experts, but also of people from various sectors.

♦ What is ISO/IEC Guide 50?The guide provides a framework for addressing issues which are potential sources of unintentional

physical harm (hazards) to children from products, processes, or services that they use or with which they are likely to come into contact.

It provides points that should be considered when developing standards with illustrating concrete exam-ples of “General approach to child safety” and “Hazards relevant for children”.

The idea of “General approach to child safety” in particular is that concepts of child safety are added to the concepts of that safety is achieved by reducing risk to a tolerable level, and tolerable risk is achieved by the iterative process of risk assessment (risk analysis and risk evaluation) and risk reduction (source: ISO/IEC Guide 51).

Views of consumer seminars

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Promoting the creation of innovation (R&D activities)

Improvement of credibility of business activities

Securing the safety and security of people’ s life

Contributing to international cooperation (environment /energy issues)

Important and essential support for people’ s life and socioeconomic activity

Information are systematized, organized, and widely used as national basic information (public goods)

Intellectual infrastructure (as soft infrastructure)

(AIST: development and dissemination) (AIST: provision distribution of geological information) (International standards, Japanese Industrial Standards) (NITE: storage and provision of microbes)

(AIST: development and dissemination) (NITE: Database of Product Accident Information) (JST: R&D) (NITE: Atmospheric concentration Map of Chemical Substances)

Measurement standards Geological maps Testing and assessment methods Microbial genetic resources

Reference materials Databases Advanced measurement technology Chemicals management

8 Promotion of Development and Use of Intellectual Infrastructure

“Intellectual infrastructure” such as measurement standards, microbial genetic resources, and geological information are national public goods that broadly support national life and socioeconomic activity. They help to maintain and enhance Japan’s international competitiveness, promote innovation, improve credibility of busi-ness activity, support small and medium enterprises from technical aspect and secure the safety and security of people’s life.

Intellectual infrastructure is one of the “soft” infrastructures which have to be maintained by government as its responsibility, as well as “hard” infrastructures such as roads and bridges. Intellectual infrastructures have not been well known, and their importance and necessity have been less understood, due to lack of reality for their benefi ts in business or daily life.

Second Science and Technology Basic Plan (decided by the Cabinet on March 30, 2001) set a goal of devel-oping Japan’s intellectual infrastructures to the world’s highest level by 2010. By achieving that, Japan has reached the same level as those of Europe and U.S. According to the proposals described in Fourth Science and Technology Basic Plan (decided by the Cabinet on August 19, 2011), it was required to draw up a new intellec-tual infrastructure development plan, where not only the number of items to be developed but also their useful-ness is considered to be important to respond user’s various needs.

In response to this, Special Committee on Measurement Standards and Intellectual Infrastructure (Chairperson: Dr. Koichi Kitazawa, Advisor of Japan Science and Technology Agency), joint conference of JISC and Industrial Structure Council, has been held four times since April 2012 to consider “the way of new intellec-tual infrastructure: accessible and user-friendly from the user’s perspective.” In August 2012, the Committee compiled “Interim Report of Special Committee on Measurement Standards and Intellectual Infrastructure” covering development and promotion program for intellectual infrastructure during the next 10 years.

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9 METI’s Standardization-related Budget

The importance of developing international standards is growing because of the advancing globalization of the economy, the public’s needs are diversifying, and it is necessary to respond correctly to technological prog-ress. METI therefore makes budgetary provisions for the strategic promotion of international standardization linked to enhancing the competitiveness of Japanese industry.

METI’s major standardization-related budget categories for fi scal years 2011 and 2012 are as follows.

Promotion of strategic standardization2.93 billion yen (2.06 billion yen)

Figures in parentheses ( ) are the fi scal year 2011 budget.

(1) Strategic international standards proposals and responses to international negotiations○ Strategic international standardization acceleration projects ............................... 2.15 billion yen (new)○ Strategic international standardization promotion projects ...................................　　　－　　　 (1.40 billion yen)○ International standardization promotion projects utilizing international

human resources 　　　－　　　 (80 million yen)

○ Contribution to International Organization for Standardization, International Electrotechnical Commission, etc 220 million yen (210 million yen)

(2) Strengthened partnerships with Asia-Pacifi c nations○ Asia certifi cation promotion projects .......................................................................... 150 million yen (180 million yen)○ Energy conservation dissemination infrastructure support research projects ......... 250 million yen (new)

(*Within consignment fees for projects on international energy use rationalization measures)

(3) Promotion of JIS development in response to social needs○ Standards development projects for social environment improvement ................ 160 million yen (190 million yen)

This report was compiled based on information available at the end of March 2013 (including information that could be written after that date).

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