JAPAN

Overview

The following goods may be imported into Japan by travellers 20 years of age and older without incurring customs duty:

• 200 cigarettes or 50 cigars or 250 g of tobacco or 10 individual packages of heat-not-burn tobacco or 250 g of a combination of these products.
• 3 bottles (approximately 760ml each) of alcohol.
• 56 ml of perfume.
• Other goods under the total value of ¥200,000. The value of every single item must be under ¥10.000 in order to be free of duty and / or tax. 

Banned Imports

Prohibited items include narcotics, firearms and ammunition, explosives, counterfeit money, obscene material, and articles which infringe upon intellectual copyright.

Restricted items include animals, plants, medicines and cosmetics, hunting guns, air guns and swords.

You should be aware that in Japan, cold and flu medication containing stimulants are illegal. You are not permitted to take commonly available nasal decongestant medication such as Sudafed and Vicks inhalers into Japan.

Banned Exports

Narcotics and stimulants, child pornography and goods that violate design copyrights, trademarks, patents, breeding and intellectual copyrights.

No guarantee can be given for the correctness of the information about the travel allowances in Japan.