Weights and Measures Act (Japan)

The Weights and Measures Act (Japanese: 度量衡取締条例, Doryokori Shimarijorei) (Dajokan No. 135, August 5, 1875) were promulgated on August 5, 1875, and were the first weights and measures regulations in modern Japan.^[1] A weights and measures certification office was established in Wakayama by 1889.^[2] It was abolished with the enactment of the Weights and Measures Act in 1891.^[3] The act defined the shaku as the fundamental unit of length, and the kan as the fundamental unit of mass.^[4]

See also

• Japanese units of measurement