JIS - Japanese Industrial Standards

The Japanese Standards Association - JSA

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JIS - Japanese Industrial Standards specifies the standards used for industrial activities in Japan. The standardization process is coordinated by Japanese Industrial Standards Committee - JISC - and published through Japanese Standards Association - JSA.

The objective of the Japanese Standards Association - JSA - is "to educate the public regarding the standardization and unification of industrial standards, and thereby to contribute to the improvement of technology and the enhancement of production efficiency".

The Japanese industrial standards are organized in the divisions:

A. Civil Engineering and Architecture

B. Mechanical Engineering

C. Electronic and Electrical Engineering

D. Automotive Engineering

E. Railway Engineering

F. Shipbuilding

G. Ferrous Materials and Metallurgy

H. Non-ferrous Metals and Metallurgy

K. Chemical Engineering

L. Textile Engineering

M. Mining

P. Pulp and Paper

Q. Management System

R. Ceramics

S. Domestic Wares

T. Medical Equipment and Safety Appliances

W. Aircraft and Aviation

X. Information Processing

Z. Miscellaneous, Packaging, Welding, Radioactivity, etc.

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.

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