Date: Thu, 13 Jun 1996 10:26:34 -0400 From: Glenn Adams <glenn@spyglass.com> That's strange. Why is 10646 now a Japanese National Standard (JIS X 0221) and why is it a Chinese Standard (GB 13000)? Why did *your* national standard's body accept it is a standard and support its continued development? The answer to your question is quite simple. Any ISO standard becomes (almost automatically) a JIS standard principally whether it is valuable or not. You can find related statements in the following Japanese document:
工業標準化推進長期計画の策定に関する建議(第7次) (平成2年6月5日 日本工業標準調査会)
In addition, any JIS standard which is local to Japan cannot be developed if any ISO standard of which the coverage is almost same but the methodology is different is once defined or being defined. It was declared by Mr.Nakasone when he was a prime minister.
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