Information for those bringing medicines for personal use into Japan
Certain requirements and rules apply when bringing or sending medicines for personal use into Japan. These rules and requirements differ depending on the type and amount of medicine being imported.
For general information concerning the import of medicines into Japan for personal use, please refer to the following web page of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare in Japan:
*For queries regarding the online system for “Application for Import Confirmation” from the link above, please contact the help desk TDEN-aic-helpdesk@ml.toshiba.co.jp or Kanto-Shinetsu/Kinki Regional Bureau of Health and Welfare (contact details below).
For information concerning narcotics, psychotropic medicines and other controlled substances (including ADHD medication), please refer to the following web page:
https://www.ncd.mhlw.go.jp/en/application2.html
There are no medication experts at the Embassy of Japan in Australia and as such we are unable to provide information pertaining to specific medicines. If you are unsure about any aspect of importing medicines for personal use into Japan, please contact the office closest to your point of arrival in Japan from the list below.
Contact details for further information and general medicine enquiries (offices are open from Monday to Friday excluding Japanese public holidays):
Place of Arrival | Name of Department | Contact Information |
Tokyo (Haneda/Narita) |
Kanto-Shin’etsu Regional Bureau of Health and Welfare |
TEL: (0011) 81-48-740-0800 9:30 -12:00PM, 1:00- 5:30PM(JST) Email: yakkan@mhlw.go.jp |
Osaka (Kansai) Nagoya (Chubu) Fukuoka Okinawa (Naha) |
Kinki Regional Bureau of Health and Welfare |
TEL: (0011) 81-6-6942-4096 9:30 -12:00PM, 1:00- 5:00PM(JST) Email: kiyakuji@mhlw.go.jp |
Contact details for narcotics and psychotropic medicines (offices are open from Monday to Friday excluding Japanese public holidays):
Area in Charge | Name of Department | Contact Information |
All (for general enquiries) | Compliance and Narcotics Division, Pharmaceutical Safety and Environmental Health Bureau, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare | FAX +81-3-3510-0034 |
Tokyo, Chiba, Gunma, Ibaraki, Kanagawa, Nagano, Niigata, Saitama, Tochigi, Yamanashi |
Narcotics Control Department, Kanto-Shin’etsu Regional Bureau of Health and Welfare | TEL: (0011) 81-3-3512-8691 9:00 -12:00PM, 1:00- 5:15PM(JST) FAX: (0011) 81-3-3512-8689 Email: tokyoncd@mhlw.go.jp |
Osaka, Kyoto, Fukui, Hyogo, Nara, Shiga, Wakayama |
Narcotics Control Department, Kinki Regional Bureau of Health and Welfare | TEL: (0011) 81-6-6949-6336 9:15 -12:00PM, 1:00- 5:15PM(JST) FAX: (0011) 81-6-6949-6339 Email: osakancd@mhlw.go.jp |
Hokkaido | Narcotics Control Department, Hokkaido Regional Bureau of Health and Welfare | TEL: (0011) 81-11-726-3131 8:30 -12:00PM, 1:00- 5:15PM(JST) FAX: (0011) 81-11-709-8063 Email: sapporoncd@mhlw.go.jp |
Aomori, Akita, Fukushima, Iwate, Miyagi, Yamagata | Narcotics Control Department, Tohoku Regional Bureau of Health and Welfare | TEL: (0011) 81-22-221-3701 9:00 -12:00PM, 1:00- 5:00PM(JST) FAX: (0011) 81-22-221-3713 Email: sendaincd@mhlw.go.jp |
Aichi, Gifu, Ishikawa, Mie, Shizuoka, Toyama | Narcotics Control Department, Tokai Hokuriku Regional Bureau of Health and Welfare | TEL: (0011) 81-52-951-6911 8:30 -12:00PM, 1:00- 5:15PM(JST) FAX: (0011) 81-52-951-6876 Email: nagoyancd@mhlw.go.jp |
Hiroshima, Okayama, Shimane, Tottori, Yamaguchi | Narcotics Control Department, Chugoku-Shikoku Regional Bureau of Health and Welfare | TEL: (0011) 81-82-227-9011 9:00 -12:00PM, 1:00- 5:00PM(JST) FAX: (0011) 81-82-227-9174 Email: hiroshimancd@mhlw.go.jp |
Ehime, Kagawa, Kouchi, Tokushima | Narcotics Control Department, Shikoku Regional Bureau of Health and Welfare | TEL: (0011) 81-87-811-8910 8:30 -12:00PM, 1:00- 5:15PM(JST) FAX: (0011) 81-87-823-8810 Email: takamatsuncd@mhlw.go.jp |
Fukuoka, Kagoshima, Kumamoto, Miyazaki, Nagasaki, Oita, Okinawa, Saga | Narcotics Control Department, Kyushu Regional Bureau of Health and Welfare | TEL: (0011) 81-92-472-2331 8:30 -12:00PM, 1:00- 5:15PM(JST) FAX: (0011) 81-92-451-4539 Email: fukuokancd@mhlw.go.jp |
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