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- Sep 19, 2025
- Japan Offers to Host IEC General Meeting 2029
- Sep 19, 2025
- Global Startup EXPO 2025 Takes Place
- Sep 18, 2025
- Seventh India-Japan Industrial Competitiveness Partnership Vice Minister/Secretary-Level Meeting Held
- Jun 16, 2025
- Japan Will Offer to Host IEC General Meeting 2029
- Jun 3, 2025
- METI Publishes Fourth Report of the Committee on New Direction of Economic and Industrial Policies
- May 30, 2025
- Release of Interim Report of the Subcommittee on Value Creation Management
- May 30, 2025
- Revised Edition of the Action Plan to Strengthen Industrial and Technological Basis for Economic Security Released
- May 21, 2025
- State Minister Ogushi Receives Courtesy Call from Mr. Sergio Mujica, ISO Secretary General
- May 14, 2025
- SX Brands 2025 and SX Nominated Companies Selected
- Apr 7, 2025
- Diversity Management to Enhance the Competitiveness of Enterprises (Diversity Report) Published
- Apr 7, 2025
- First Trademark Registration Made under the Consent System
- Nov 8, 2024
- State Minister Iwata Receives Courtesy Call from Mr. Sergio Mujica, ISO Secretary General
- Sep 17, 2024
- "Study Group on Corporate Governance toward the Enhancement of Earning Power" to be Launched
- Aug 20, 2024
- New Establishment and Revision of the Japanese Industrial Standards (JIS) (August 2024)
- Jul 22, 2024
- Commendation Ceremony Held for the Nippon Startup Awards 2024
- Jul 22, 2024
- Release of the Economic Ripple Effects of Startups Survey Summary
- Jul 17, 2024
- New International Standard for Methodologies for Evaluating the Accuracy of Biometric Verification Issued
- Jun 21, 2024
- Innovation Subcommittee Compiles Interim Report
- May 15, 2024
- Report Compiled on Results of FY2023 Survey on University-Developed Venture Businesses (Preliminary Report)
- Apr 23, 2024
- SX Brands 2024 Selected
- Apr 19, 2024
- Parliamentary Vice-Minister Yoshida Receives a Courtesy Call from Mr. Jo Cops, President of the International Electrotechnical Commission
- Apr 19, 2024
- AI Guidelines for Business Ver 1.0 Compiled
- Mar 21, 2024
- Companies Selected under the FY2023 "Nadeshiko Brands" and "Next Nadeshiko: Companies Supporting Dual-career and Co-parenting"
- Mar 21, 2024
- New Establishment and Revision of the Japanese Industrial Standards (JIS) (March 2024)
- Nov 14, 2023
- Opening Ceremony for "Japan Innovation Campus" Held in Silicon Valley, the United States
- Nov 13, 2023
- New International Standard for Safe Operation of Service Robots Originating from Japan’s Proposal Issued
- Oct 30, 2023
- Parliamentary Vice-Minister Yoshida Attends the 5th ASEAN-Japan Smart Cities Network High Level Meeting
- Oct 20, 2023
- New Establishment and Revision of the Japanese Industrial Standards (JIS) (October 2023)
- Oct 6, 2023
- J-Startup Impact Launched as Public-Private Program for Supporting the Growth of Impact Startups
- Oct 2, 2023
- Release of the Results of the FY2023 Annual User Satisfaction Surveys on Examination Quality
- Sep 20, 2023
- New Establishment and Revision of the Japanese Industrial Standards (JIS) (September 2023)
- Aug 31, 2023
- METI Formulates Guidelines for Corporate Takeovers
- Aug 24, 2023
- Upcoming Business and Human Rights Dialogue Event
- Aug 22, 2023
- Parliamentary Vice-Minister Nagamine Receives a Courtesy Call from IEC Secretary-General Metzger
- Jul 18, 2023
- Interim Report Compiled on Discussions by "Working Group on Efficient Collection and Strategic Use of Sustainability-Related Data for Creation of Sustainable Corporate Value"
- Jul 18, 2023
- Inter-governmental Cooperation Advanced in the Field of Intellectual Property
- Jun 21, 2023
- METI and the Ministry of Economy and Climate Policy of the Netherlands Sign MOC on Cooperation in Semiconductors
- May 16, 2023
- Report Compiled on Results of FY2022 Survey on University-Developed Venture Businesses (Preliminary Report)
- Apr 29, 2023
- Japan’s Initiatives for Interoperable Data Infrastructures Officially Named "Ouranos Ecosystem"
- Apr 27, 2023
- New International Standards for Traffic Control Systems for Drones Issued Based on Contributions from Japan
- Mar 22, 2023
- Nadeshiko Brands Selected for FY2022
- Feb 20, 2023
- New Establishment and Revision of the Japanese Industrial Standards (JIS) (February 2023)
- Feb 10, 2023
- SX Brands to be Established
- Jan 20, 2023
- New Establishment and Revision of the Japanese Industrial Standards (JIS) (January 2023)
- Dec 20, 2022
- New Establishment and Revision of the Japanese Industrial Standards (JIS) (December 2022)
- Dec 9, 2022
- Parliamentary Vice-Minister Satomi Attends the 4th ASEAN-Japan Smart Cities Network High Level Meeting
- Nov 21, 2022
- New Establishment and Revision of the Japanese Industrial Standards (JIS) (November 2022)
- Oct 20, 2022
- New Establishment and Revision of the Japanese Industrial Standards (JIS) (October 2022)
- Oct 12, 2022
- Consistency of Judgements among Examiners to Be Improved by Responding to User Feedback
- Jul 27, 2022
- Release of Japan Patent Office Annual Report 2022
- Jul 27, 2022
- Two Standardization Project Themes Determined as New Standardization Projects to be Developed by Taking Advantage of the "Standardization System for Cultivating New Markets"
- Jul 25, 2022
- Human Capital Management Consortium to Be Established
- Jul 25, 2022
- Inter-governmental Cooperation Advanced in the Field of Intellectual Property
- Jul 15, 2022
- Cabinet Decisions on the "Cabinet Order to Set the Effective Dates for Parts of the Act on the Partial Revision of the Patent Act and Other Acts" and the "Cabinet Order to Partially Revise the Order on Fees Related to the Patent Act and Other Acts"
- Jul 15, 2022
- Web 3.0 Policy Office Established in the Minister's Secretariat as a Cross-Departmental Internal Organization
- May 12, 2022
- First Certification Body Registered for the JIS Mark System for Electromagnetic Records Such as Software and Data
- Mar 30, 2022
- JPO Status Report 2022 Released