Quarantine measure when entering Japan

2024/9/23

Japanese

【Infectious deseases】

COVID-19 (Border measure and vaccines)

【Bringing meat products, fruits, vegetables, etc. into Japan】

Bringing meat products, plants or fruit is strictly restricted.
In case of bringing such products illegally, persons shall be punished with serious penalty, for example, imprisonment for a term of up to 3 years or a fine of up to 3 million JPY (up to 50 million JPY for businesses).
Illegal import might be notified to police office. Illegal import might result in arrestment.
Thus, please do not bring in meat products, plants or fruit into Japan.

Kindly refer to the following URLs for the detail

Bringing animal products into Japan from overseas (Animal Quarantine Service)
Animal quarantine information for travellers to Japan (Animal Quarantine Service)
Plant Quarantine Information for Travellers To Japan (Plant Protection Station)
Plant Quarantine Inspection (Plant Protection Station)

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～Contact～
Animal Quarantine Service https://www.maff.go.jp/aqs/english/contactus.html
Plant Protection Station https://www.contactus.maff.go.jp/j/pps/form/qa_e.html

【Procedure for importation of dogs and cats】
Dogs and cats imported into Japan must undergo import quarantine inspection.
Please refer to the URL below for the detail.
https://www.maff.go.jp/aqs/english/animal/dog/index.html