Message from the president

The National Institute of Technology and Evaluation (NITE) works closely with relevant ministries, including the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. Uniting five business fields and 11 offices nationwide, NITE implements initiatives that support the development of Japan's industries and the safety of society.

In 2025, NITE collaborated on an exhibition at the Japan Pavilion of the Osaka-Kansai Expo 2025 themed Between Lives, which provided visitors an immersive experience of the natural cycles driven by the workings of microorganisms. Seizing this opportunity, NITE also welcomed numerous domestic and international visitors to its Osaka office, located near the Expo site. They visited the world’s largest testing and evaluation facilities for large-scale battery energy storage systems, whilst promoting NITE‘s overall initiatives. Furthermore, in response to a recent surge in lithium-ion battery accidents, NITE is intensifying our efforts to communicate with consumers, including collaborating with media outlets to disseminate product accident information via press releases and social media, encouraging viewers and readers to adopt safer behaviors.

Regarding each business field, in the Consumer Product Safety field, NITE will steadily implement the Four Product Safety Acts, and will further strengthen our efforts to disseminate information that leads to changes in consumer behavior through television news and other media. In the Chemicals Management field, NITE intends to promote harmonization between a society transitioning to a circular economy and existing systems of chemicals management such as the Chemical Substances Control Law, while also working to strengthen relationships with business operators. In the Biotechnology Field, NITE will continue to develop the foundational infrastructure necessary for realizing a bioeconomy society, such as building a platform for microorganisms and related information to promote biomanufacturing that effectively utilizes CO₂. In the Conformity Assessment Promotion Field, NITE will actively pursue initiatives to promote conformity assessment in Japan, including strengthening support for our domestic certification bodies and conducting joint research with AIST on international standardization and societal implementation in the field of quantum technology. In the Electrical Safety Evaluation field, in light of increasing accidents involving storage battery systems, NITE will develop guidelines to enhance safety and reliability, strive to make them available for use by local governments and others, and address accident countermeasures for solar power generation facilities and similar equipment.

Leveraging its accumulated technical capabilities and expertise, NITE will solidify its foundation while further strengthening collaboration with businesses and related organizations to respond swiftly to the rapidly changing modern era.