Japanese Industrial Standard

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.

Description

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.

History

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).

History

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.

History

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.

History

History

JIS symbol (adopted October 1, 2005)

Old JIS symbol (was 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.

Outline of JIS

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)

Outline of JIS

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

Outline of JIS

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

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,

Industrial standardization

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

Industrial standardization

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).

Industrial standardization

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

Industrial standardization

1. Assurance of appropriate product quality standards

2. Provision of product information3. Dissemination of technology4. Enhancement of production

efficiency5. Development of competitive

environment6. Securing compatibility and interface

consistency

Functions contributing to economic activities

Industrial standardization can promote the proactive activities of companies and consumers without imposing regulations by technical standards defined by mandatory legislation

Functions as a means to achieve social goals

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.”

Functions as a means to achieve social goals

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).

Functions as action rules to promote mutual understanding

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.

Functions as action rules to promote mutual understanding

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,

Functions for promoting trade

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.

Functions for promoting trade

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:

Standard Classification and Numbering

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