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International Accreditation Japan

IAJapan is a government accreditation body established in NITE that meets international standards aiming to become the core accreditation body in Japan.


Chief Exective's Message Regarding the 2011 Tohoku-Pacific Ocean Earthquake

Mar. 23, 2011

@On March 11, the Tohoku and North Kanto Region in Japan was hit by the 2011 Tohoku-Pacific Ocean Earthquake, the largest earthquake in the history of Japan.

@We, IAJapan, would like to offer our deepest condolences to the persons affected by this catastrophe.
We believe and pray fervently that the people and enterprises in the stricken region will be able to return to their normal lives and activities as soon as the region is able to recover.

@We have received so many kindest messages and encouragement from our friends in foreign countries, and we are most grateful for all the warmest offer and support that we have been shown.

@Fortunately, IAJapan does not have any damages and the injured among our staff but our parent organization NITE temporarily closes a domestic office in Sendai which is located in the stricken region. Please understand that under this circumstance, some work will be temporarily delayed and some of our accredited laboratories in the stricken region may temporarily close their business because of the disaster; however, IAJapan can continue to conduct all necessary business as usual and will support the laboratories as much as we can. We apologize in advance for any inconvenience these circumstances may cause.


Dr. Koichi Nara
Chief Executive of IAJapan

APLAC PT Committee Chair


IAJapan became a full member of the Pacific Accreditation Cooperation

  IAJapan became a full member of the Pacific Accreditation Cooperation
IAJapan is pleased to announce that it signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Pacific Accreditation Cooperation (PAC) and became a full member of@the PAC at the Manila Hotel, the Philippines on June 16, 2011.






World Accreditation Day 2011

World Accreditation Day 2011June 9th 2011 will mark World Accreditation Day, a global initiative jointly established by the International Accreditation Forum (IAF) and International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC) to raise awareness of the importance of accreditation-related activities.
World Accreditation Day video




What's New
‘2010/5/28 International Accreditation Day @
June 9th 2010 will mark the third International Accreditation Day, a global initiative jointly established by the International Accreditation Forum (IAF) and International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC) to raise awareness of the importance of accreditation-related activities.
‘2009/12/15
APLAC 16th General Assembly and Technical Meetings are scheduled to be held@
at International House, Osaka from December 4th to December 10th.
You can see information for APLAC 2010 at http://www.aplac2010osaka.jp/
‘2009/12/15
Notice: Temporal closing of our web site @
We are going to stop the service due to the server maintenance on Satday, Dec 19, 2009 from 09:00 to 19:00 (Japan Standard Time).
We are very sorry to cause you inconvenience, but we hope you will kindly understand the above.
‘2009/8/5
We are going to stop the RMinfo service due to the server maintenance
from 9:00 to 20:00 on 2009.08.08 (Japan Standard Time).
We are very sorry to cause you inconvenience,
but we hope you will kindly understand the above.

‘2009/5/22 International Accreditation Day
June 9th 2009 will mark the second International Accreditation Day, a global initiative jointly established by the International Accreditation Forum (IAF) and International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC) to raise awareness of the importance of accreditation-related activities.
‘2009/3/30 Change of Classification of Findings
IAJapan changes the classification of findings from April 1, 2009. Please contact iajapan@nite.go.jp for the detail.
‘2008/12/17 Update for APLAC MRA
An APLAC MRA Council was held in Singapore. Some APLAC members have been accepted to extend the scope of accreditation. Please see ILAC/MRA and APLAC/MRA for the detail.
‘2008/9/1 News release from COMAR
There was a press release concerning improvement of COMAR database from the central secretariat. Please refer to COMAR top page News and BAM( Bundesanstalt fur Materialforschung und -prufung:Germany) top page New/Media Relations/Press Releases.
Please click here.
‘2008/4/4 International Accreditation Day
June 9th of 2008 was designated as the first International Accreditation Day by IAF and ILAC at the last Joint General Assembly Meeting in 2007. On this day, some promotional activities such as seminar will be held around the world.
‘2007/12/6 IAJapan signed up APLAC MRA for accreditation of RMPs (Reference Material Producers).
IAJapan applied for extension of APLAC MRA to cover RMP accreditation, and an APLAC on-site evaluation was conducted last September. Eventually, on December 6, IAJapan was accepted as a signatory by the MRA Council, and "the signing ceremony " was held at the APLAC General Assembly Meeting in Kuala Lumpur.
‘2007/11/1 JCSS Accredited Calibration Laboratories Searching System Launched
For the convenience of the overseas clients, JCSS Accredited Laboratories Serching System is introduced in the page of "Accredited Calibration Laboratories".
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Outline
IAJapan (International Accreditation Japan) is a government accreditation body that was established following a comprehensive review of accreditation programs for testing and calibration laboratories operated at NITE, with the perception as the duty of the government accreditation body to respond to requests from industries, academies, and the government administrations.

Accreditation programs currently operated in IAJapan include JCSS (Japan Calibration Service System), JNLA (Japan National Laboratory Accreditation System), ASNITE (Accreditation System of NITE) and MLAP (Specified Measurement Laboratory Accreditation Program). It also provides Database "RMinfo" as well as "COMAR" for ensuring metrological traceability of chemical, biological and other fields.

IAJapan aims at gOne-Stop-Testingh through joining and maintaining of Mutual Recognition Arrangement (MRA) of ILAC/APLAC for mutual acceptance of test/calibration results or characteristic values of Reference Materials, ultimately contribution to free trade around the world.

Testing/Calibration Laboratory Accreditation System
One Stop Testing
Outline of ISO/IEC17025
Outline of ISO/IEC17011
ILAC/MRA and APLAC/MRA @
Proficiency Testing

Laboratory Accreditation Programs of IAJapan
Plans for Proficiency Testing
IAJapan Assessors' Work Rule
FAQs

Contact Us
International Accreditation Japan
National Institute of Technology and Evaluation

2-49-10 Nishihara, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, 151-0066 Japan

Tel:+81-3-3481-1946 Fax:+81-3-3481-1937
Mail:iajapan@nite.go.jp
‘ We are accepting complaints/appeals. Please contact Quality Manager (Mail: iajapan-qm@nite.go.jp).
For the details of these processes, please click here.

‘ Infomation on IAJapan's related bodies are available. Please contact Quality Manager (Mail: iajapan-qm@nite.go.jp)

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