The revised Japanese Industrial standards JIS L 0001: 2024 Textiles – Care Labelling Code Using Symbols was released on 20 August 2024. This revision has been implemented to align with the care symbols and certain care treatments stated in the current ISO care labelling standard ISO 3758: 2023.
Concurrently, the Japan Household Goods Quality Labeling Act and the Textile Goods Labeling Regulation were revised to adopt this revised Japanese standard.
The key revisions are as follow:
| Revisions | Details |
| 1. Scope | Some exemptions have been introduced into the scope such as: * Non-removable covers on upholstered furniture * Non-removable mattress covers * Carpets and rugs that require specialized carpet cleaning |
| 2. Washing Symbol | A new symbol has been introduced for wash by hand at 30°C that features a single bar underneath the symbol.  |
| 3. Ironing Symbol | A new symbol has been introduced for ironing without steam, features a cross through the image of steam emanating from the underside of the ironing symbol.  |
| The ironing temperature limit has been increased by 10°C for each of the iron temperature setting such as cool iron, warm iron and hot iron. For example, the temperature for hot iron has changed from 200°C to 210°C | |
| 4. Dry-Clean | New dry-cleaning solvents dibutoxymethane or decamethylpentacyclosiloxane have been added as an alternative to the dry-cleaning treatments P and F respectively. |
Other graphical changes in the symbols:
| JIS L 0001: 2014 (Old version) | JIS L 0001: 2024 (Revised version) | Symbols Description |
 |  | Wash by hand , max temperature 40°C |
 |  | Do not wash |
 |  | Do not bleach |
 |  | Do not iron |
The enforcement date is set for 20 August 2024, accompanied by a transition period of one year.
Note: In principle, products displaying with the old JIS care symbols can continue to be sold until 19 August 2025.
