*This is an abstract only. No full paper is available for this abstract.* The past decade has been a turbulent time for the steel industry. The reorganisation of the steel industry across borders has progressed and the increased demand for steel products has made the price of raw materials, such as iron ore and metallurgical coal, more volatile than ever. The ironmaking technology division in Japan has been exposed to global competition and has tried to cope with these changes and increase its international competitiveness by developing technologies such as the utilisation of lower-grade raw materials, productivity enhancements, measures for energy conservation and the reduction of CO2 and NOx emissions. Recent progress in ironmaking technologies in Japan will be discussed._x000D_
CITATION: Saito, K, 2015. Recent progress in Japanese ironmaking technologies, in Proceedings Iron Ore 2015, pp 17-18 (The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy: Melbourne).