Food Safety Commission Meeting (No. 1041) on November 10
The 1,041st meeting of the Food Safety Commission will be held on November 10, 2026. The agenda includes matters related to food health risk assessments and deliberation results from expert...
科学的審査
24IAEA Reports Fourth Interlaboratory Comparison of ALPS Treated Water Radionuclide Analysis
As part of its safety review of ALPS treated water, the IAEA released results of the fourth interlaboratory comparison for samples collected in July 2025. The report assessed TEPCO’s analytical...
2026 Water Cycle White PaperChapter 9: Advancing Science and Technology
Chapter 9, “Advancing Science and Technology,” sets out a policy of continuously acquiring scientific knowledge about water and promoting collaboration with research institutions and academic...
IAEA Publishes 2025 Interlaboratory Comparison Report
The Fisheries Agency announced the publication of the report on the interlaboratory comparison (ILC) conducted by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in 2025. The IAEA reported that Japan’s...
IAEA Releases ALPS-Treated Water ILC Report
The Fisheries Agency announced the report published by the IAEA on the 2024 interlaboratory comparison (ILC). The IAEA reported that Japanese laboratories followed appropriate standards for sample...
IAEA Publishes Report on 2024 Interlaboratory Comparison
The Fisheries Agency announced that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) had published the results of an interlaboratory comparison (ILC) conducted in 2024. Analytical laboratories from...
FY2026 Assessment Results for Fisheries Resources Near Japan Published
The Fisheries Agency announced the publication of the FY2026 stock assessment results for Japanese anchovy and round herring conducted by the Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency. Of the 192...
ALPS Treated Water Sampled Before Seawater Dilution Under IAEA Framework
At the Tokyo Electric Power Company Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station site, IAEA officials, experts from analytical institutions in third countries, and Tokyo Electric Power Company collected...
FY2025 PFAS Survey and Research on Domestic Farm, Livestock, and Fishery Foods
The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries published results from a survey of PFAS levels in 37 categories of domestically produced farm, livestock, and fishery products, along with research...
Publication of the 2026 Revised Invasive Species List
The Ministry of the Environment and the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries revised the “List of Invasive Alien Species That May Harm Japan’s Ecosystems and Other Environments,” published...
FY2026 3rd Expert Meeting on Chemical Management: Minutes
At the expert meeting held on July 16, 2026, concentration limit values for 30 substances were deliberated, and decisions were made for each substance regarding 8hour or shortterm concentration limit...
MHLW and PMDA Join Project Orbis to Close Anticancer Drug Lags and Losses
On September 10, 2026, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare and PMDA decided to formally join Project Orbis, an international cooperation framework for the regulatory review of anticancer drugs...
Advancing Off-Site Final Disposal of Fukushima Removed Soil
On August 25, 2026, Chief Cabinet Secretary Kihara held the fourth meeting of the Council for Promoting Reuse and Related Measures. The meeting discussed progress on reconstructionrelated reuse and...
FY2026 Assessment Results for Tiger Pufferfish Stocks Published
The Fisheries Agency announced the publication of the FY2026 stock assessment results for tiger pufferfish conducted by the National Research and Development Agency, Japan Fisheries Research and...
July 24 Joint Committee Meeting Minutes
A joint meeting of the Adverse Reaction Review Committee of the Health Science Council's Immunization and Vaccine Subcommittee and the Safety Measures Investigation Committee of the Pharmaceutical...
Minutes of the 67th Designated Intractable Disease Review Committee
At the 67th meeting of the Designated Intractable Disease Review Committee on July 7, 2026, members discussed 20 diseases submitted for consideration in fiscal year 2026. Approval was granted for...
ICCR-20 Adopts 20th Anniversary Tokyo Declaration
The 20th International Cooperation on Cosmetic Regulation conference (ICCR20) was held in Tokyo from July 7 to 9, 2026. Progress was reported by four joint working groups on safety assessment,...
Japan Hosts Asia-Pacific’s First 2026 MDSAP Forum
In June 2026, Japan hosted the first MDSAP forum in the AsiaPacific region in Kyoto. Regulatory authorities, industry representatives, auditing organizations, and nonmember countries participated in...
Fifth Sampling for ALPS Treated Water Comparison
The IAEA has conducted interlaboratory comparisons since 2022 to verify TEPCO’s monitoring capability for ALPS treated water. This time, in the presence of IAEA officials, TEPCO collected ALPS...
BOJ Institute Discussion Paper Series
The Bank of Japan Institute for Monetary and Economic Studies Discussion Paper Series (DPS) compiles research findings by institute staff and external researchers and is intended to obtain broad...