Bringing Medicines to Japan
2025/4/15
For information concerning the import of medicines into Japan for personal use, please refer to the relevant web pages of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare in Japan.
Please contact the offices below 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 |
| Hokkaido, Tokyo (Haneda/Narita), Kanagawa (Yokohama) etc. |
Kanto-Shin’etsu Regional Bureau of Health and Welfare |
TEL: +81-48-740-0800 9:30-12:00 13:00-17:00（JST） Email: yakkan@mhlw.go.jp |
| Osaka (Kansai), Nagoya (Chubu), Kobe, Fukuoka, Nagasaki, Okinawa (Naha) etc. |
Kinki Regional Bureau of Health and Welfare |
TEL: +81-6-6942-4096 9:30-12:00 13:00-17:00（JST） Email: kiyakuji@mhlw.go.jp |
Contact details for narcotics and psychotropic medicines are as follows. Offices are open from Monday to Friday excluding Japanese public holidays.