JIS

 Japanese Industrial Standards (JIS) (日

本工業規格 Nippon Kōgyō
Kikaku?) specifies the standards used
for industrial activities in Japan. The
standardization process is coordinated
by Japanese Industrial Standards
Committee and published
through Japanese Standards
Association.
 In the Meiji era, private enterprises were
responsible for making standards although
the Japanese government did have standards
and specification documents for procurement
purposes for certain articles, such as
munitions.
 These were summarized to form an official
standard (old JES) in 1921. During World War
II, simplified standards were established to
increase matériel output.
 The present Japanese Standards Association
was established after Japan's defeat in World
War II in 1945. The Japanese Industrial
Standards Committee regulations were
promulgated in 1946, Japanese standards
(new JES) was formed.
 The Industrial Standardization Law was
enacted in 1949, which forms the legal
foundation for the present Japanese Industrial
Standards (JIS).
 The Industrial Standardization
Law was revised in 2004 and
the "JIS mark" (product
certification system) was
changed, and the new JIS mark
was applied since October 1,
2005 upon re-certification.
 The old mark is allowed to be used until
September 30, 2008, for a transition period
of 3 years, and every manufacture obtaining
new or renewing certification under the
authority's approval are then able to use the
new JIS mark. Therefore all JIS certified
Japanese products shall have the new JIS mark
after October 1, 2008.
JIS symbol (adopted Old JIS symbol (was
October 1, 2005) used until September
30, 2008)
 JIS covers industrial and mineral
products with the exception of (1)
medicines, (2) agricultural chemicals,
(3) chemical fertilizers, (4) silk yarn,
and (5) foodstuffs, agricultural and
forest products designated under the
Law Concerning Standardization and
Proper Labeling of Agricultural and
Forestry Products.
 The, letter symbol indicates
the technical area (JIS
Division), and the 4-digit or 5-
digit number is added to
locate the JIS in an appropriate
place within that Division (see
the explanation in Figure 6)
 Standardization items established as JIS have
the following symbols:
JIS C 7501: The majorities of JIS have this type
of symbol.
JIS Q 14001: This symbol is mainly used in
case JIS adopts international standard
identically.
JIS X 5056-1: This symbol is used in case JIS
adopts international standard specifies only a
part of the necessary requirements
 Standardization can be defined as
“reducing, simplifying, and organizing
matters which are apt to become
diversified, complicated, and chaotic if
left uncontrolled.” Standards can be
defined as “rules” specified by
standardization. There are mandatory
standards and voluntary standards, but
generally voluntary ones are referred to
as “standards.”
 Industrial standardization represents
standardization in the industrial sector, and
in Japan, Japanese Industrial Standards are
adopted as national industrial standards. With
regard to “goods” and “matters,” which are
apt to become diversified, complicated, and
chaotic if left uncontrolled, industrial
standardization aims to establish state-level
“standards” in the form of technical
documents and to “unify” or “simplify” them
equally throughout Japan,
 From the multiple viewpoints of ensuring
convenience in economic and social
activities (securing compatibility),
enhancing production efficiency (mass -
production by reducing variety), securing
fairness (assurance of consumer profits
and simplification of transactions),
promoting technology advancement
(support for the creation of new
knowledge
 and the development/dissemination of
new technologies), preserving safety
and health, and conserving the
environment.
The significance of industrial
standardization can be explained as
follows, focusing on the functions
thereof (operation and effects).
1. Functions contributing to
economic activities
2. Functions as a means to achieve
social goals
3. Functions as action rules to
promote mutual understanding
4. Functions for promoting trade
1. Assurance of appropriate product
quality standards
2. Provision of product information
3. Dissemination of technology
4. Enhancement of production efficiency
5. Development of competitive
environment
6. Securing compatibility and interface
consistency
 Industrial standardization can
promote the proactive
activities of companies and
consumers without imposing
regulations by technical
standards defined by
mandatory legislation
 If
they are working appropriately
as a means to pursue policy goals
such as “enhancement of industrial
competitiveness,” “preservation of
environment, safety, and rights,”
and “promotion of energy
conservation and resource
conservation.”
 Industrial standardization can unify
technical infrastructure such as terms,
marks, measurement units, test
assessment methods, production
methods, safety levels, format display of
specifications, etc. as a means to mutually
communicate technical requirements and
technical data between related parties
(manufacturers, distributors, users,
consumers, and researchers).
 Furthermore, in recent years,
guidelines for test assessment
methods, specifications concerning
consumer goods, mark display, and
various management systems have
become important aspects of
industrial standardization, with a view
to promoting international
standardization.
 As trade has become globalized and trade
volume has increased, the maintaining of
differing national standards and technical
standards by individual countries, as
defined by mandatory legislation, may
hinder international trade. It is difficult to
ensure that all countries bring their
mandatory technical standards legislation
into line with each other’s standards,
 but in such cases, industrial
standardization can be utilized to maintain
and develop free trade. In other words,
countries’ national standards are to be
adjusted to comply with international
standards which the ISO/IEC adopts based
on international consensuses, and such
national standards are to be incorporated
into countries’ mandatory legislation
technical standards.
 Standards are named like "JIS X
0208:1997", where X denotes area
division, followed by four digits
(or five digits for some of the
standards corresponding ISO
standards), and the revision
release year. Divisions of JIS and
significant standards are:
 A – Civil Engineering and Architecture
 B – Mechanical Engineering
 JIS B 7021-1989 – Classification and Water Resistibility
of Water Resistant Watches for General Use
 JIS B 7512-1993 – Steel tape measures
 JIS B 7516-1987 – Metal Rules
 C – Electronic and Electrical Engineering
 JIS C 0920:2003 – Degrees of protection provided by
enclosures (IP Code)
 JIS C 8800 Glossary of terms for fuel cell power
systems
 D – Automotive Engineering
 E – Railway Engineering
 F – Shipbuilding
 G – Ferrous Materials and Metallurgy
 H – Nonferrous materials and metallurgy[1]
 JIS H 2105 – Pig lead
 JIS H 2107 – Zinc ingots
 S H 2113 – Cadmium metal
 JIS H 2116 – Tungsten powder and tungsten carbide
powder
 JIS H 2118 – Aluminum alloy ingots for die castings
 JIS H 2121 – Electrolytic cathode copper
 JIS H 2141 – Silver bullion
 JIS H 2201 – Zinc alloy ingots for die casting
 JIS H 2202 – Copper alloy ingots for castings
 JIS H 2211 – Aluminium alloy ingots for castings
 JIS H 2501 – Phosphor copper metal
 JIS H 3100 – Copper and copper alloy sheets, plates
and strips
 JIS H 3110 – Phosphor bronze and nickel silver sheets,
plates and strips
 JIS H 3130 – Copper beryllium alloy, copper titanium
alloy, phosphor bronze, copper-nickel-tin alloy and
nickel silver sheets, plates and strips for springs
 JIS H 3140 – Copper bus bars
 JIS H 3250 – Copper and copper alloy rods and bars
 IS H 3260 – Copper and copper alloy wires
 JIS H 3270 – Copper beryllium alloy, phosphor
bronze and nickel silver rods, bars and wires
 JIS H 3300 – Copper and copper alloy seamless
pipes and tubes
 JIS H 3320 – Copper and copper alloy welded pipes
and tubes
 JIS H 3330 – Plastic covered copper tubes
 JIS H 3401 – Pipe fittings of copper and copper
alloys
 JIS H 4000 – Aluminium and aluminium alloy sheets
and plates, strips and coiled sheets
 JIS H 4001 – Painted aluminium and aluminium alloy
sheets and strips
 JIS H 4040 – Aluminium and aluminium alloy rods, bars
and wires
 JIS H 4080 – Aluminium and aluminium alloys extruded
tubes and cold-drawn tubes
 JIS H 4090 – Aluminium and aluminium alloy welded
pipes and tubes
 JIS H 4100 – Aluminium and aluminium alloy extruded
shape
 JIS H 4160 – Aluminium and aluminium alloy foils
 JIS H 4170 – High purity aluminium foils
 JIS H 4301 – Lead and lead alloy sheets and plates
 JIS H 4303 – DM lead sheets and plates
 JIS H 4311 – Lead and lead alloy tubes for common
industries
 JIS H 4461 – Tungsten wires for lighting and electronic
equipments
 JIS H 4463 – Thoriated tungsten wires and rods for
lighting and electronic equipment
 JIS H 4631 – Titanium and titanium alloy tubes for heat
exchangers
 JIS H 4635 – Titanium and titanium alloy welded pipes
 JIS H 5401 – White metal
 JIS H 8300 – Thermal spraying―zinc, aluminium and
their alloys
 JIS H 8601 – Anodic oxide coatings on aluminium and
aluminium alloys
 JIS H 8602 – Combined coatings of anodic oxide and
organic coatings on aluminium and aluminium alloys
  JIS H 8615 – Electroplated coatings of chromium for
engineering purposes
 JIS H 8641 – Zinc hot dip galvanizings
 JIS H 8642 – Hot dip aluminized coatings on ferrous
products
 K – Chemical Engineering
 L – Textile Engineering
 L – Textile Engineering
 M – Mining
 P – Pulp and Paper
 JIS P 0138-61 (JIS P 0138:1998): process finished
paper size (ISO 216 with a slightly larger B series)
 Q – Management System
 JIS Q 9001 - Quality management systems -
requirements
 JIS Q 14001 - Environment management systems -
requirements with guidance for use
  JIS Q 15001 - Personal information protection
management systems - requrements
 JIS Q 20000-1 - IT service management - specification
 JIS Q 27001 - Information security management
systems - requrements
 R – Ceramics
 S – Domestic Wares
 T – Medical Equipment and Safety Appliances
 W – Aircraft and Aviation
 X – Information Processing
 JIS X 0201:1997 – Japanese national variant of the ISO
646 7-bit character set
 JIS X 0202:1998 – Japanese national standard which
corresponds to the ISO 2022 character encoding
 JIS X 0208:1997 – 7-bit and 8-bit double byte coded
kanji sets for information interchange
 JIS X 0212:1990 – Supplementary Japanese graphic
character set for information interchange
 JIS X 0213:2004 – 7-bit and 8-bit double byte coded
extended Kanji sets for information interchange
 JIS X 0221-1:2001 – Japanese national standard which
corresponds to ISO 10646
 JIS X 0401:1973 – To-do-fu-ken (prefecture)
identification code
 JIS X 0402:2003 – Identification code for cities, towns
and villages
 JIS X 0405:1994 – Commodity classification code
 JIS X 0408:2004 – Identification code for universities
and colleges
 JIS X 0501:1985 – Bar code symbol for uniform
commodity code
 JIS X 0510:2004 – QR Code
 JIS X 3001-1:2009, JIS X 3001-2:2002, JIS X 3001-
3:2000 – Fortran programming language
 JIS X 3002:2001 – COBOL
 JIS X 3005-1:2010 – SQL
 JIS X 3010:2003 – C programming language
 JIS X 3014:2003 – C++
 JIS X 3030:1994 – POSIX - repealed in 2010
 JIS X 4061:1996 – Collation of Japanese character
string
 JIS X 6002:1980 – Keyboard layout for information
processing using the JIS 7 bit coded character set
 JIS X 6054-1:1999 – MIDI
 JIS X 6241:2004 – 120 mm DVD – Read-only disk
 JIS X 6243:1998 – 120 mm DVD Rewritable Disk (DVD-
RAM)
  JIS X 6245:1999 – 80 mm (1.23GB/side) and 120 mm
(3.95GB/side) DVD-Recordable-Disk (DVD-R)
 JIS X 9051:1984 – 16-dots matrix character patterns
for display devices
 JIS X 9052:1983 – 24-dots matrix character patterns
for dot printers
 Z – Miscellaneous
 JIS Z 8301:2011 – Rules for the layout and drafting of
Japanese Industrial Standards