About the Great East Japan Earthquake

Message from the Minister of State for Consumer Affairs

• Partial Lifting of Shipment Restrictions resulting from Detected Radiation in Food Items(April 8,2011)
• Intake Restriction resulting from Detected Radiation in Food Items(March 23 , 2011)
• Shipment Restriction resulting from Detected Radiation in Food Items(March 21, 2011)

Links

• Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet
  (Messages from Prime Minister and His Cabinet, etc.)
  >Food and Radiation Q&A　(provisional translation, August 25, 2011)　［PDF］
• Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
  (The instructions associated with food by Director-General of the Nuclear Emergency Response Headquarters, etc.)
• Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
  (Questions and answers on fishery products, etc.)

Consumer Affairs Agency

In order to protect and enhance consumer benefits, the Consumer Affairs Agency was newly established on the September 1st, 2009. It covers broader range of jurisdictions related to consumer problems, such as "trade," "labeling," and "safety."

• About the Consumer Affairs Agency
  　～For a society with security, safety and comfortable living～(PDF:866KB)

• Organization Chart (PDF:155KB)
• Consumer Affairs Agency and Consumer Policy Framework (PDF:147KB)
• Jurisdiction of Consumer Affairs Agency (PDF:23KB)
• The main issues of objectives the Consumer Affairs Agency of Japan(CAA)(PDF:280KB)
• The CAA gathers domestic information on consumer injury and complaint(PDF:185KB)

List of Ministers, Senior Vice-Ministers and Parliamentary Secretaries

Minister of State for Consumer Affairs	Jin MATSUBARA
Senior Vice-Ministers	Hitoshi GOTO
Parliamentary Secretary	Kazuko KOORI

Food Labelling

• For the attention of Sellers of Food Products in Japan(PDF:1.1MB)
• Regulatory Systems of Health Claims in Japan(PDF:984KB)
• Labelling of origin of ingredient System(PDF:140KB)
• Nutrition Labelling Systems in Japan: situations and issues(PDF:205KB)
• Regulatory trends of Nutrition labelling and transfatty acid labelling(PDF:527KB)
• Overview: Guidelines for transfat labelling(PDF:141KB)

Labeling Guide

• Distribution Manual for Genetically and Non-genetically Modified Hawaiian Papayas(PDF:312KB)

Household Goods Quality Labeling Law
(Contact us: FAX +81-3-3507-9290)

• Brochure of Household Goods Quality Labeling Law(PDF:1.9MB)

Contact us:

Sanno Park Tower, 2-11-1 Nagata, Chiyoda, Tokyo, 100-6178
Tel: 03-3507-8800