Several updates were made to Japan’s export controls in November. Companies are advised to consider the relevance of the new regulations and ensure that appropriate steps are taken to comply with them. 1. Addition of certain items related to peptide, refractory metal powders and field-programmable logic devices, etc. to the List Control items To reflect agreements reached at the international export control regime meetings, the following items have been added to Appended Table 1 of…
In Japan, there were two major updates to its export control and sanction regime announced in the past few weeks. 1. Reimposition of Sanctions Against Iran On 29 September 2025, Japanese government announced the reimposition of the following measures under the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act, in response to United Nations Security Council Resolution 2231based on which sanctions against Iran concerning its nuclear issue under United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1737, 1747, 1803, and…
Following the EU’s 18th sanctions package and the latest developments of the UK’s sanctions against Russia, the Governments of Australia and Japan also introduced additional measures against Russia respectively on 18 and 12 September 2025. Among other measures, they have agreed with other G7 countries to phase out Russian oil imports in response to the 2022 invasion of Ukraine, indicating aligned efforts within the G7 with respect to the imposition of sanctions against Russia. This…
To ensure domestic and international peace and security, amendments to Japan’s export controls were promulgated on 9 April 2025 in response to changes in the global security environment and based on the contents of the interim report issued on 24 April 2024.1 Most of the amendments will come into effect on 9 October 2025. The revisions to the catch-all regulation concerning conventional weapons are particularly significant. As amended, a Japanese exporter of commodity items not…