Electric Appliances

 PSE items are imported in the following manner.

Manufacturers and importers are either obliged or advised to state the following information on electric appliance labels, subject to Household Quality Labeling Act and/or Fair Competition Agreement.

• Company name and address
• Product name and description
• Specification
• The period for which the repair parts remains available
• The conditions that may influence consumers' purchase decision, i.e., the place where the appliance can be installed, the cost of installment, the condition for use, warranties, etc..

Subject to Act for Promotion of Use of Recycled Resources, the packages also must come with recycling marks.

Notification and quality control : 1,000,000 JPY～/Product

Required Time :  6 to 12 months or more

Juicers, coffee makers and other electric appliances with food contact are regulated by Food Sanitation Act.  Check here to learn more about Food Sanitation Act.

PMD Act governs distribution of drugs, quasi-drugs, cosmetics, medical devices, etc..  Some electric massagers and beauty device may be regulated by this law, subject to the purpose and function of the device as well as the description on the marketing materials.

Importing and selling medical devices requires pharmaceutical license, which is only granted to qualified companies located in Japan.

Visit this page to learn more about PMD Act.

It is prohibited to import items that infringe other people's patent, utility model rights, trademarks, or copyrights.  Make sure that your merchandise is authentic, legitimate and authorized to sell in Japan.

Telephones, modems, Bluetooth devices and other appliances that emit electric waves are regulated by Radio Act in Japan.  They must get tested for technical quality conformity by registered certification bodies, and come with what's called Giteki mark and conformity numbers on the labels.

This law was originally intended to control radio stations (commercial, amateur, ship, airline, etc.), and obliged the end users to choose compliant products.  With a growing number of illegal products sold on the market, however, the government has started warning and disclosing the information of the manufactures or importers handling those incompliant products.  Thus, the corporate stance and attitude for compliance are now being challenged and may influence customers' decision making.