Animal Health and Plant Health

Animal Health

Animal Disease

• List of monitored infectious disease (PDF : 67KB)

According to the Act on Domestic Animal Infectious Diseases, Surveillance (livestock) Diseases are defined as Domestic Animal Infectious Diseases and Notifiable Infectious Diseases.

• Comparison of the outbreak situation of monitored infectious diseases between 1937 and 2013
  • Domestic Animal Infectious Disease (PDF : 259KB)
  • Notifiable Infectious Disease (PDF : 720KB)

• Information and Instructions in Regard to Classical Swine Fever (CSF) and African Swine Fever (ASF)

Information on Animal Quarantine

• Export Quarantine for Animal Products (Animal Quarantine Service)
• Import Quarantine for Animal Products (Animal Quarantine Service)
• Take out animals from JAPAN (Animal Quarantine Service)
• Bring Animals into JAPAN (Animal Quarantine Servisce)
• Regarding the Standard Procedure for Approval for Import of Designated items to be Quarantined
• Animal quarantine information for travelers to Japan (Animal Quarantine Service)
• To prevent the entry of domestic animal infectious diseases into Japan ～Border quarantine～  

Laws and Standards

• Act on Domestic Animal Infectious Diseases Control(External Links)
• Government Ordinance for Enforcement of the Act on Domestic Animal Infectious Diseases Control (PDF : 52KB)
• Ministerial Ordinance for Enforcement of the Act on Domestic Animal Infectious Diseases Control (PDF : 256KB)
• Outline of Measures against Infectious Diseases in Domestic Animals (PDF : 690KB)   
• Biosecurity Standards  
  • Cattle etc.(PDF : 309KB)
  • Pig and wild boar(PDF : 380KB)
  • Chicken etc.(PDF : 376KB)
  • Horse(PDF : 267KB)
• Disease Control Measures for Domestic Animals (Provisional translation)(PDF : 497KB)
• Guidelines for the Control of Specific Domestic Animal Infectious Disease
  • Rinderpest (PDF : 151KB)
  • Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia(PDF : 330KB)
  • Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy(PDF : 323KB)
  • Foot-and-Mouth Disease(PDF : 1,243KB)
  • Classical Swine Fever (Dec, 2022)(PDF : 3,030KB)
    • Split version1(PDF : 2,034KB)
    • Split version2(PDF : 1,562KB)
  • Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza and Low Pathogenic Avian Influenza (PDF : 1,997KB)
• Comprehensive Guidelines for Measures against Salmonella in Hen Eggs(PDF : 149KB)
  
  
• Ministerial Order to Specify Cases to be Exempted from the Application of the Provisions Concerning the Prohibition of Use of Pharmaceuticals and Regenerative Medicine Products under the Act on Securing Quality, Efficacy and Safety of Products Including Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices (Order of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries No. 70 of 2003) (PDF : 38KB)
  (Previsional Translation, Original version (In Japanese) is here(PDF : 65KB))
  

Related Organizations

• Animal Quarantine Service
• National Veterinary Assay Laboratory
• Ministry of Health, Labour Welfare(External Links)

Aquatic Animal Health   

Aquatic Animal Disease

(Under Construction)

Information on Aquatic Animal Quarantine

• Entry into Japan - Aquatic animals - (Animal Quarantine Service)

Laws and Standards

• Sustainable Aquaculture Production Assurance Act(External Links)
• Ordinance for Enforcement of Sustainable Aquaculture Production Assurance Act (PDF : 74KB)
• Act on the Protection of Fishery Resources(External Links)
• Ordinance for Enforcement of Act on the Protection of Fishery Resources (PDF : 135KB)
• Guideline for Disease Control of Aquatic Animals (PDF : 917KB)   
• A guideline for issuance of health certificate for the export of NISHIKIGOI (PDF : 128KB)

Related Organizations

• National Research Institute of Aquaculture(External Links)

Plant Health

Information on plant quarantine

• Export and Import Quarantine for Agriculture Products
• Export and Import Quarantine for Agriculture Products(for Visitors)
• Standard Evaluation Procedure under Plant Quarantine for the Request for Lifting a Ban on Plant Imports (PDF : 65KB)
• Basic Principles to Deal with Detection of a Quarantine Pest 
  • Basic Principles to Deal with Detection of a Quarantine Pest (PDF : 55KB)
  • Attached Form 1 (PDF : 58KB)
  • Attached Form 2 (PDF : 58KB)

Plant Quarantine Measures and Procedures Required for Exporting Agricultural Products

• Plant Quarantine Measures and Procedures Required for Exporting Agricultural Products (PDF : 1,375KB)

Related Organizations (External Links)

• Plant Protection Station
• Ministry of Health, Labour Welfare

Videos of Plant Quarantine Notice

Plant Quarantine Notice (For passengers visiting Japan)

Plant Quarantine Notice (For passengers travelling abroad)