Steel market
Japan

Steel in Japan

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Japan is the world’s fourth-largest steel producer and a major exporter of flat and high-grade steel.

The steel market in Japan

Nippon Steel and JFE Steel are the largest producers.

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Crude steel production

80.7 Mt in 2025 (84.0 Mt in 2024)

Apparent steel use

48.0 Mt of finished steel in 2025 (49.7 Mt in 2024)

Source: worldsteel, World Steel in Figures 2026. More figures on Steel statistics.

Steel standards & regulation in Japan

Who sets standards in Japan, and the JIS standards for reinforcing and structural steel.

Standards body and the JIS mark

The Japanese Industrial Standards Committee (JISC) is Japan’s national standards body. The JIS mark is voluntary: certification bodies accredited by the government test products and audit factories before a maker may use it.

Source: US Trade.gov — Japan trade standards

Reinforcing and structural steel

JIS G 3112 covers hot-rolled round and deformed bars for concrete reinforcement, and JIS G 3101 (2024 edition) rolled steels for general structures.

Sources: JIS G 3112 (Intertek Inform) · JIS G 3101:2024 (Intertek Inform)

The standards bodies on our steel grades & standards page: JSA.

Steel companies in Japan

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SJ
SHINE JAPAN CO. Japan Steel Mills - Agents & Traders · Tokyo
Silver
Sells Billets & Blooms, Hot Rolled Coils, Balls
Buys Billets & Blooms, Billets-Blooms, Stainless HR Coils, Angles +2
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What companies in Japan buy and sell

Listed companies that name the product on their profile.

Steel news from Japan

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