JP XVIII comprises the following items in order: The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Ministerial Notification; Contents; Preface; General Notices; General Rules for Crude Drugs; General Rules for Preparations; General Tests, Processes and Apparatus; Official Monographs, including Monographs for Crude Drugs; Infrared Reference Spectra; Ultraviolet-visible Reference Spectra; General Information; Appendix; Cumulative Index (English, Latin and Japanese titles); and Addenda.
◆General Tests, Processes and Apparatus which was newly added is 2.05 Size-Exclusion Chromatography.
◆General Tests, Processes and Apparatus which were revised are Preamble; 2.46 Residual Solvents; 2.48 Water Determination; 2.51 Conductivity Measurement; 2.52 Thermal Analysis; 2.66 Elemental Impurities; 4.06 Sterility Test; 5.01 Crude Drugs Test; 9.01 Reference Standards; 9.41 Reagents, Test Solutions; and 9.62 Measuring Instruments, Appliances.
◆Official Monographs provides 2033 articles, including 33 articles newly added, 8 articles deleted and 168 articles revised.