GHS General Information
Japanese ⇔ English
- March 29, 2023
- NITE Japan-GHS has been released. It is a compilation of GHS classification results by the Japanese Government under the responsibility of NITE so that only the latest classification results are displayed.
NITE Japan-GHS
- March 29, 2023
- Some information on the GHS classification in FY2006, FY2018 has been updated. CAS RN has been added to 1 substance. For details, please refer to the list of errata.
GHS Classification Results (Excel, HTML)
- December 22, 2022
- Some information on the GHS classification in FY2011, FY2012, FY2020, FY2021 has been updated. For details, please refer to the list of errata.
GHS Classification Results (Excel, HTML)
- December 2, 2022
- "Rationale for the classification" of GHS classification in FY2020 have been translated into English.
FY2020: GHS Classification Results by MHLW, METI and MOE
- September 15, 2022
- Some information on the GHS classification in FY2007, FY2012, FY2021 has been updated. For details, please refer to the list of errata.
GHS Classification Results (Excel, HTML)
- June 7, 2022
- GHS classifications in FY2021 have been published. At the same time, the data on NITE-Gmiccs have been updated.
FY2021: GHS Classification Results by MHLW, METI and MOE
NITE-Gmiccs
- March 31, 2022
- NITE GHS Mixture Classification and Labels/SDS Creation System (NITE-Gmiccs) has been renewed. For details, please refer to the follwing web page.
NITE-Gmiccs
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The Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals, here in after GHS, is an internationally harmonized system to classify chemicals based on the types and degree of hazards and is a harmonized communication tool by labels or safety data sheets (SDS). The first edition of the GHS was adopted in 2002 and published in 2003 by the United Nations.
In Japan, Inter-Ministerial Committee on GHS was launched in 2001. The following are the major activities in Japan:
- Translation of GHS-related UN documents into Japanese
- Publication of Manual and Guidance for GHS classification
- GHS classification projects by the Japanese government
In order to implement GHS-based labelling and SDS requirements, Japanese Industrial Standards (JIS) was published and the Industrial Safety and Health Act (ISHA) and PRTR Law were amended.
The English translation of classification results and guidance are available from this website. In addition, NITE supports the implementation of GHS by providing GHS-related information collected and organized by NITE's own responsibility.
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