Japan/Japanese

JAPIO Japanese Patent Office, Japan Japanese patent information biblio. 7.7 mio records, 5.1 mio images patent abstracts, INPA- DOC STN commercial CD-ROM, online monthly www.cas.org/ ONLINE/ DBSS/ja- pioss.html... 

Quality in Japan. Japanese economic prowess has been attributed variously to such quahty improvement activities as quahty circles, statistical process control (SPG), just-in-time dehvery (JIT), and zero defects (ZD). However, the real key to success hes in the apphcation of numerous quahty improvement tools as part of a management philosophy called Kaizen, which means continuous improvement (10). 

S. Tagaki, Mechanism of iron uptake regulation in roots and genetic differences. Agriculture, Soil Science and Plant Nutrition in the Northern Part of Japan. (Japanese Society of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition eds.), 1984, Tokyo, Japan, p. 190. 

Saji, T. Hiraga, T. Moritani, T. Tanaka, N. Yanagimoto, H. Ueno, I. Tsujita, K. 2001. Production method of organic thin film and optical component. Agency of Industrial Sciences and Technology, Japan Dainichi Seika Kogyo K. K. Victor Co. of Japan. Japanese Patent 2001-003195, pp. 1-20. 

Site has information on the treatment and causes of cancer in Japan (Japanese or English version available). 

Morioka, Japan Japanese wheats Kanto 79 and Kanto 107 had 22% amylose in flour compared with >27% in 11 6 otherjapanese wheats 252... 

Greater Tokyo Bureau of Hygiene. 1989. [Report concerning the effect of chromium in a health survey (10-year survey)]. Report, Greater Tokyo, Bureau of Hygiene, Tokyo, Japan. (Japanese). 

For Japan s Chemical Weapons Act, see Masahiko Asada, National Implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention in Japan , Japanese Annual of International Law, No. 39 (1996), pp. 19-54. 

JPMA (Japan) Japanese Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Association [30]... 

Sunshine 60, 21F, 3-1-1, Higashi-Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo 170, Japan Japanese Red Cross College of Nursing,... 

M. Inagaki and Hishiyama, New Carbon Material, Gohodo, (1994) (Japanese). Denchigijutu, (No 6) 1994-(No. 10) 1999 Battery Committee Japan (Japanese). 

Y. Watanabe, A. Hasato, Y. Watanabe and M. Suzuki (Foundation for Scientific Technology Promotion A. Hasato, Japan), Japanese Patent 10 87,608, 1998 Chem. Abstr., 1998,129,4520z. 

H. Shiono, H. Noda and C. Uzuyama (Bimshi Bio Photonics Kenkyusho K.K., Japan), Japanese Patent 11 29,533,1999 Chem. Abstr., 1999,130, 168096n. 

Mizushrma, E., Han. L.P, Hayashi, T., and Tanaka, M., Preparation of (formylethyl)phosphine oxides and (formylethyl Iphosphonates, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry National Industrial Research Institute, Japan, Japanese Patent Appl. JP 2001253890, 2001 Chem. Abstr., 135, 242341, 2001. 

Europe Association des Constructeurs Europeens d Automobiles, ACEA, Japan Japanese Automotive Standards Organization, JASO,... 

Japan Japanese standard on cosmetics, preservative for all cosmetics up to 0.1%. Japanese standard on quasi-drugs, active ingredient for toothpaste up to 0.02% Japanese standard on cosmetics, preservative for cosmetics on use to mucous membrane and cosmetics on use without rinse up to 0.3% This ingredient is not found in Japanese standard. It is necessary to register as new ingredient to MOH for new preservative for cosmetics with data on safety or for new active ingredient for quasi-drug (toothpaste) with data on safety and effectiveness... 

T. Tochizawa, M. Miyazaki and H. Kikuchi (Toyo Gosei, Kogyo K. K., Japan), Japanese Patent JP 09 319 079,12 Etec.1997 Chem. Abstr., 1998,128,108193r. 

Liker, J. K., Ettlie, J. E., and Campbell, J. C., Eds. (1995), Engineered in Japan Japanese Technology-Management Practices, Oxford University Press, New York. 

American Concrete Institute (ACI), Detroit, Michigan, USA American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Materials Research Society (MRS), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA Japan Society of Civil Engineers (JCSE), Tokyo, Japan Japanese Standards Association, Tokyo, Japan Japan Cement Association, Tokyo, Japan International Academic Publishers, Beijing, China and Thomas Telford Services Ltd., London, UK. 

The totai annuai voiume of production of the 51 simpie aiiphatic and aromatic suifides and thiois is approximateiy 182 kg in Europe (European Fiavour and Fragrance Association, 2005), 80 kg in the United States of America (USA) (Flavor and Extract Manufacturers Association, 2006) and 3 kg in Japan (Japanese Flavor and Fragrance Manufacturers Association, 2002). in Europe, approximately 72% of the total volume is accounted for solely by diethyl trisulfide (No. 1701), whereas in the USA, (S)-1-methoxy-3-heptanethiol (No. 1671), ( )-isobutyl 3-methylthiobutyrate (No. 1677), methyl (methylthio)acetate (No. 1691), bis(1-mercaptopropyl)sulfide (No. 1709) and S-allyl-L-cysteine (No. 1710) account for 84% of the total volume of production. The daily per capita intake of each agent is reported in Table 1. Annual volumes of production of this group of flavouring agents are summarized in Table 2. 

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