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 the Japanese Industrial Standards Committee and published through the Japanese Standards Association. Japanese Industrial Standards Committee is composed of many nationwide committees and plays vital role in standardizing activities in Japan.
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 Japanese Engineering Standard (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; since October 1, 2005, the new JIS mark has been applied upon re-certification. Use of the old mark was allowed during the three-year transition period (until September 30, 2008), and every manufacturer obtaining new or renewing certification under the authority's approval has been able to use the new JIS mark. Therefore all JIS-certified Japanese products have had the new JIS mark since October 1, 2008.
Standards classification and numbering
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 ArchitectureB – Mechanical EngineeringJIS B 7021-1989 – Classification and Water Resistibility of Water Resistant Watches for General UseJIS B 7512-1993 – Steel tape measuresJIS B 7516-1987 – Metal RulesC – Electronic and Electrical EngineeringJIS C 0920:2003 – Degrees of protection provided by enclosures (IP Code)JIS C 5062 – Marking codes for resistors and capacitorsJIS C 5063 – Preferred number series for resistors and capacitorsJIS C 7001 Type designation system for electronic tubesJIS C 7012 Type designation system for discrete semiconductor devicesJIS C 8800 Glossary of terms for fuel cell power systemsD – Automotive EngineeringE – Railway EngineeringF – Ship buildingG – Ferrous Materials and MetallurgyH – Nonferrous materials and metallurgyJIS H 2105 – Pig leadJIS H 2107 – Zinc ingotsJIS H 2113 – Cadmium metalJIS H 2116 – Tungsten powder and tungsten carbide powderJIS H 2118 – Aluminum alloy ingots for die castingsJIS H 2121 – Electrolytic cathode copperJIS H 2141 – Silver bullionJIS H 2201 – Zinc alloy ingots for die castingJIS H 2202 – Copper alloy ingots for castingsJIS H 2211 – Aluminium alloy ingots for castingsJIS H 2501 – Phosphor copper metalJIS H 3100 – Copper and copper alloy sheets, plates and stripsJIS H 3110 – Phosphor bronze and nickel silver sheets, plates and stripsJIS H 3130 – Copper beryllium alloy, copper titanium alloy, phosphor bronze, copper-nickel-tin alloy and nickel silver sheets, plates and strips for springsJIS H 3140 – Copper bus barsJIS H 3250 – Copper and copper alloy rods and barsJIS H 3260 – Copper and copper alloy wiresJIS H 3270 – Copper beryllium alloy, phosphor bronze and nickel silver rods, bars and wiresJIS H 3300 – Copper and copper alloy seamless pipes and tubesJIS H 3320 – Copper and copper alloy welded pipes and tubesJIS H 3330 – Plastic covered copper tubesJIS H 3401 – Pipe fittings of copper and copper alloysJIS H 4000 – Aluminium and aluminium alloy sheets and plates, strips and coiled sheetsJIS H 4001 – Painted aluminium and aluminium alloy sheets and stripsJIS H 4040 – Aluminium and aluminium alloy rods, bars and wiresJIS H 4080 – Aluminium and aluminium alloys extruded tubes and cold-drawn tubesJIS H 4090 – Aluminium and aluminium alloy welded pipes and tubesJIS H 4100 – Aluminium and aluminium alloy extruded shapeJIS H 4160 – Aluminium and aluminium alloy foilsJIS H 4170 – High purity aluminium foilsJIS H 4301 – Lead and lead alloy sheets and platesJIS H 4303 – DM lead sheets and platesJIS H 4311 – Lead and lead alloy tubes for common industriesJIS H 4461 – Tungsten wires for lighting and electronic equipmentsJIS H 4463 – Thoriated tungsten wires and rods for lighting and electronic equipmentJIS H 4631 – Titanium and titanium alloy tubes for heat exchangersJIS H 4635 – Titanium and titanium alloy welded pipesJIS H 5401 – White metalJIS H 8300 – Thermal spraying―zinc, aluminium and their alloysJIS H 8601 – Anodic oxide coatings on aluminium and aluminium alloysJIS H 8602 – Combined coatings of anodic oxide and organic coatings on aluminium and aluminium alloysJIS H 8615 – Electroplated coatings of chromium for engineering purposesJIS H 8641 – Zinc hot dip galvanizingsJIS H 8642 – Hot dip aluminized coatings on ferrous productsK – Chemical EngineeringL – Textile EngineeringM – MiningP – Pulp and PaperJIS P 0138-61 (JIS P 0138:1998): process finished paper size (ISO 216 with a slightly larger B series)Q – Management SystemJIS Q 9001 - Quality management systems - requirementsJIS Q 14001 - Environment management systems - requirements with guidance for useJIS Q 15001 - Personal information protection management systems - requirementsJIS Q 20000-1 - IT service management - specificationJIS Q 27001 - Information security management systems - requirementsR – CeramicsS – Domestic WaresT – Medical Equipment and Safety AppliancesW – Aircraft and AviationX – Information ProcessingJIS X 0201:1997 – Japanese national variant of the ISO 646 7-bit character setJIS X 0202:1998 – Japanese national standard which corresponds to the ISO 2022 character encodingJIS X 0208:1997 – 7-bit and 8-bit double byte coded kanji sets for information interchangeJIS X 0212:1990 – Supplementary Japanese graphic character set for information interchangeJIS X 0213:2004 – 7-bit and 8-bit double byte coded extended Kanji sets for information interchangeJIS X 0221-1:2001 – Japanese national standard which corresponds to ISO 10646JIS X 0401:1973 – To-do-fu-ken (prefecture) identification codeJIS X 0402:2003 – Identification code for cities, towns and villagesJIS X 0405:1994 – Commodity classification codeJIS X 0408:2004 – Identification code for universities and collegesJIS X 0501:1985 – Bar code symbol for uniform commodity codeJIS X 0510:2004 – QR CodeJIS X 3001-1:2009, JIS X 3001-2:2002, JIS X 3001-3:2000 – Fortran programming languageJIS X 3002:2001 – COBOLJIS X 3005-1:2010 – SQLJIS X 3010:2003 – C programming languageJIS X 3014:2003 – C++JIS X 3017:2011, JIS X 3017:2013 – Programming languages – RubyJIS X 3030:1994 – POSIX - repealed in 2010JIS X 4061:1996 – Collation of Japanese character stringJIS X 6002:1980 – Keyboard layout for information processing using the JIS 7 bit coded character setJIS X 6054-1:1999 – MIDIJIS X 6241:2004 – 120 mm DVD – Read-only diskJIS 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 6302-6:2011 - Identification cards -- Recording technique -- Part 6: Magnetic stripe -- High coercivityJIS X 9051:1984 – 16-dots matrix character patterns for display devicesJIS X 9052:1983 – 24-dots matrix character patterns for dot printersZ – MiscellaneousJIS Z 8301:2011 – Rules for the layout and drafting of Japanese Industrial StandardsJIS Z 9112:2012 – Classification of fluorescent lamps and light emitting diodes by chromaticity and colour rendering property
