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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]