Product Safety

Overview

Product Safety Division is responsible for implementation of product safety-related acts <four Product Safety Acts> aiming to guarantee safety for consumers in Japan by preventing hazards caused by electrical appliances, gas appliances and general consumer products.

Four Product Safety Acts

• Electrical Appliances and Materials Safety Act
• Gas Business Act
• Act on the Securing of Safety and the Optimization of Transaction of Liquefied Petroleum Gas
• Consumer Product Safety Act

• Overview of Japan's Product Safety Acts (PDF:985KB)
• 日本产品安全法案概览 (中文) (PDF:666KB)

Press Releases and Related Information

• Prevent product accidents triggered by disasters (August 29, 2023)(New!)
• Japanese “Product Safety Pledges” Start to Protect Consumers from Recalled Products and Unsafe Products
• Memorandum of Cooperation on Product Safety Concluded between METI and the Office of the Consumer Protection Board of Thailand (June 27, 2023)
• New Toy Regulations for Children’s Safety to be Introduced (May 16, 2023)
• Notice to all Online Marketplace Users to Check for Safe Products (December 26, 2022)
• 70% of Snowblower Deaths Due to Misuse or Carelessness (December 22, 2022)
• Winners of FY2022 Best Contributors to Product Safety Awards (November 21, 2022)
• November is Product Safety Inspection Campaign Month (October 28, 2022)
• Be Careful when Using Portable Generators, Stoves, or Batteries (August 26, 2022)
• Preventing Children from Swallowing Parts from Neodymium Magnet Sets (Call for Attention and Request for Cooperation) (June 24, 2022)
• Death and Serious Injury during Snowblower use Occurring Due to Heavy Snowfall (Reissued Call for Attention) (January 14, 2022)
• Prevent Death and Serious Injury by Snowblowers! (December 23, 2021)
• Request to Discharge the Third-Party Battery Packs for Cordless Vacuum Cleaners from Sumitomo Shoten and Rowa Japan by Running the Vacuum Cleaners (Call for Stopping Use was Announced on October 29, 2021) (December 17, 2021)
• Winners of FY2021 Best Contributors to Product Safety Awards (November 18, 2021)
• Call for Stopping Use of Third-Party Battery Packs for Cordless Vacuum Cleaners Imported by Sumitomo Shoten and Rowa Japan(October 29, 2021)
• Call for Applicants for the FY2021 Best Contributors to Product Safety Awards (PS Awards 2021) Program Starts(June 28, 2021)
• Winners of FY2020 Best Contributors to Product Safety Awards (February 12, 2021)

Reference Information for Four Product Safety Acts

The translations here are not official texts, and are not necessarily finalized version. Only the original Japanese texts of the laws / regulations have legal effect, and the translations are to be used solely as reference materials to aid in the understanding of Japanese laws / regulations.

Electrical Appliances and Materials Safety Act

• Electrical Appliances and Materials Safety Act
• Order for Enforcement of the Electrical Appliances and Materials Safety Act
• Regulation for Enforcement of the Electrical Appliances and Materials Safety Act
• Ministerial Order to Provide Technical Standards for Electrical Appliances and Materials

Special Contents for Electrical Appliances and Materials Safety Act

• Electrical Appliances and Materials Safety Act Portal

 

Gas Business Act

• Gas Business Act
• Order for Enforcement of the Gas Business Act
• Ministerial Order on Technical Requirements for Gas Equipment (as of Amendment of Order of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry No. 27 of December 28, 2020)(PDF:684KB)

Act on the Securing of Safety and the Optimization of Transaction of Liquefied Petroleum Gas

• Ministerial Order on Technical Requirements for Liquefied Petroleum Gas Appliances, etc. (as of Amendment of Order of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry No. 4 of January 22, 2016)(PDF:535KB)

Consumer Product Safety Act

• Consumer Product Safety Act
• Order for Enforcement of the Consumer Product Safety Act
• Ministerial Order on Technical Requirements for Specified Products Related to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (as of Amendment of Order of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry No. 38 of July 2, 2018)

Other Information

• Recall Information
• Warning for Those Who Sell Products via the Internet
• Guidelines for ensuring safety with the IoT connection of electrical and gas appliances

Division in Charge

Product Safety Division, Industrial and Product Safety Policy Group