NATIONAL PROFILE on Chemicals Management - UNITAR

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Diagram 1-3The structure of Diet, Executive and JudiciaryDietCabinetCourtHouse of RepresentativesHouse of CouncillorsJudge Impeachment CourtJudges Indictment CommitteeNational Diet LibraryCabinet OfficeNational Public Safety CommissionDefense AgencyMinistry of Public Management,Home Affairs,Posts and TelecommunicationsMinistry of JusticeMinistry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA)Ministry of Finance (MOF)Ministry of Education,Culture, Sports,Science and Technology (MEXT)Ministry of Health,Labour and Welfare (MHLW)Ministry of Agriculture,Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF)Ministry of Economy,Trade and Industry (METI)Ministry of Land,Infrastructure and Transport (MLIT)Ministry of the Environment (MOE)Supreme CourtHigh Courts (8)District Courts (50)Family Courts (50)Summary Courts (438)Committees for theInquest of Prosecution (201)Source: Homepage of the Prime Minister of Japan and his Cabinet(English: http://www.kantei.go.jp/foreign/constitution_and_government/frame_government.html)1 2.2 The number of local public authoritiesThere are 47 prefectures, 675 cities, 1,981 towns and 562 villages in Japan. Thirty cities havebeen designated as major urban cities (as of April 2002).1 2.3 The state of local public authorities anddecentralisationThe fundamental principle of local autonomy is set in the Local Autonomy Law (Law No. 67of 1947). In this law, apart from the formal and organisational framework of local publicauthorities, matters regarding administration are defined. Furthermore, the said lawstipulates the fundamental relation between local authorities and the central government.7
1 3 The manufacturing and agricultural sectorsTable 1-6Overview of the manufacturing and agricultural sectors1) CONTRIBUTION RATE TO GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT 2) NUMBER OF EMPLOYEESSECTOR (2000) (1996)(UNIT: BILLION YEN)(1,000 PERSONS)Manufacturing 110,927 12,930(21.8%) (20.6%)Mining 636 64(0.1%) (0.1%)Agriculture or agriculture, 6,996 260forestry and fisheries (1.4%) (0.4%)Total 118,559 13,254(23.3%) (21.1%)Sources: 1) Annual National Accounts, Cabinet Office; 2) Establishment And Enterprise Census, Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts andTelecommunications.Note: The definitions of manufacturing and agricultural sectors in each of the statistics vary.Table 1-7The structure of the manufacturing and agricultural sectorsSECTOR MICRO BUSINESSES SMALL-SCALE BUSINESSES MEDIUM-SCALE BUSINESSES LARGE-SCALE BUSINESSESManufacturing 654,354 99,670 13,623 4,259(84.8%) (12.9%) (1.8%) (0.6%)Agriculture, forestry 17,771 3,263 154 5and fisheries (83.9%) (15.4%) (0.7%) (0.0%)Total of all sectors 6,129,552 523,698 51,654 12,121(91.3%) (7.8%) (0.8%) (0.2%)Source: Establishment and Enterprise Census, Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications.Note: As of 10 October 1996, micro businesses are defined here as holding between 1 and 19 employees, small-scale businesses between 20 and 99 employees,medium-scale businesses between 99 and 299 employees, and large-scale businesses more than 300 employees.8
Page 3 and 4: National Profile on Chemicals Manag
Page 5 and 6: CONTENTSINTRODUCTION ..............
Page 7 and 8: 6.1.2.1. Japan Chemical Industry Ec
Page 9 and 10: 11.2. The public ..................
Page 11 and 12: SummaryThe scope of this Profile is
Page 13 and 14: Chemical Substances and Promoting I
Page 15 and 16: 1 1.2 Official language and educati
Page 17 and 18: 1 1.4 Average life expectancyIn 200
Page 19: 1 2 Political structure1 2.1 Form o
Page 23 and 24: Chapter 2Production, import, export
Page 25 and 26: Cosmetics 404,260Paints 1,811,513Pr
Page 27 and 28: Beauty or make-up preparations 18,0
Page 29 and 30: 2 2 WasteIn the Waste Management an
Page 31 and 32: Chapter 3Issues regarding the produ
Page 33 and 34: 2000/12/6 Oita Explosives productio
Page 35 and 36: consumption, and also the regulatio
Page 37 and 38: Law for the Controlof HouseholdProd
Page 39 and 40: 4 2 Laws on the control of substanc
Page 41 and 42: 4 3 Overview of the main measures a
Page 43 and 44: 4 3.2 Notification, etc. Under the
Page 45 and 46: 4 4 Examples of voluntary activitie
Page 47 and 48: ● Voluntary management activities
Page 49 and 50: MINISTRY OF ECONOMY, TRADE AND INDU
Page 51 and 52: technological evaluation, analysis
Page 53 and 54: 6 1.1.3 Japan Plasticizer Industry
Page 55 and 56: 6 1.1.8 Federation of Pharmaceutica
Page 57 and 58: 6 1.1.14 Japan Inorganic Chemical I
Page 59 and 60: 6 1.2.7 Chemicals Evaluation and Re
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Page 67 and 68: Chapter 8Access to data and their u
Page 69 and 70: Table 8-1Sources of data in JapanDA
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- Environmental Chemical Fate Model
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Chapter 9Technological infrastructu
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Chapter 10International cooperation
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● Despatch of experts to chemical
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11 1.1.4 Labelling and notification
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Chapter 12Available and necessary r
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12 2 Indispensable resources at gov
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Annex 2. Reports and articles servi
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Guideline to Make Product Safety Da
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Chemical Management Policy Division
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Waste Management Division, Waste Ma
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