Sanno Park Tower 12F (Reception) and 14F,
11-1, Nagatacho 2-chome, Chiyoda-ku,
Tokyo 100-6114, Japan

Tokyo Metro Ginza Line: G06 Tameike-sanno Station, Exit 7 (directly accessible through the second basement)

Tokyo Metro Nanboku Line: N06 Tameike-sanno Station, Exit 7 (directly accessible through the second basement)

Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line: C07 Kokkai-gijido-mae Station, Exit 5 (3 minutes’ walk)

Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line: M14 Kokkai-gijido-mae Station, Exit 5 (10 minutes’ walk through Chiyoda Line platform)

News

An article titled “Matters to Note in Regulations Concerning Manufacturing, Import, Storage, etc., of Chemical Substances That Business Operators Are Apt to Overlook (Including Major Regulations on PCBs, Trichloroethylene, etc.),” written by Kenji Sarukura, was posted on “BUSINESS LAWYERS.”

Introduction – regulations on business operators concerning chemical substances

Regulations under the Act on the Assessment of Releases of Specified Chemical Substances in the Environment and the Promotion of Management Improvement

1. Overview of the Act

2. Notification system by chemical substance

3. Administrative disposition, etc.

4. Penal provisions

Regulations under the Act on the Evaluation of Chemical Substances and Regulation of Their Manufacturers, etc. (addressing 2023 amendment)

1. Overview of the Act

2. Business operators who are subject to the PRTR system

3. Calculation/notification of emissions, etc., of chemical substances

4. Penal provisions

5. Matters to note in municipal ordinances

Regulations under the PCBs (polycholorinated biphenyls) Wastes Special Measures Act (addressing 2022 amendment)

1. Overview of the Act

2. Major columns of each notification to be filled in

3. Penal provisions

4. Matters to note in municipal ordinances and guidelines