The National Registry is the registry to ensure the accurate accounting of the issuance, holding, transfer, acquisition, cancellation and retirement of Kyoto Units (Assigned Amount Unit; AAU, Removal Unit; RMU, Emission Reduction Unit; ERU, Certified Emission Reduction; CER). In Japan, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and Ministry of the Environment (MOE) shall develop and operate the national registry as Administrators of the National Registry, according to the decision of Global Warming Countermeasures Promotion Headquarters, July 19, 2002. Publicly Accessible Information defined by COP/MOP decision is now available.

Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Global Environment Affairs Office Industrial Science and Technology Policy and Environment Bureau E-mail bzl-kyomecha-registrymeti.go.jp URL http://www.meti.go.jp/english/index.html

Ministry of the Environment Office of Director for International Cooperation for Transition to Decarbonization and Sustainable Infrastructure Global Environment Bureau E-mail kyomecha-registryenv.go.jp URL http://www.env.go.jp/en/index.html