日本通产省资源能源厅决定参照美国能源部1997年10月开始实施的在工厂中除“高效电机”外禁止使用普通工业电机的能源政策法，对节能电机JIS化给予高度重视，着手制订有关节能电机产品的定义。资源能源厅希望过去未被重视的高效电机成为工厂节能的核心。目前在日本，因这种电机 Ministry of Energy, Resources and Energy of Japan decided to refer to the US Department of Energy started implementing in October 1997 in the factory in addition to “efficient motor” prohibits the use of ordinary industrial motor energy policy, giving priority to the JIS of energy-saving motor attached great importance to proceed with the development of relevant Energy-saving motor product definition. Energy and Energy Agency hopes that in the past the high efficiency motor has not been the core of energy-saving factories. Currently in Japan, because of this motor