Japan product compliance · for hardware brands
Know what Japan requires before you ship.
Radio certification, electrical safety, the new Domestic Administrator rule and customs representation, worked out for your specific product, in English, from the Japanese source documents.
No sign-up. Live lookup in the MIC certification database. Results in about 20 seconds.
Worked from the primary sources
- MICRadio equipment certification database (Web-API)
- METIProduct safety notices & PSE item list
- e-GovCabinet orders and ministerial ordinances
- Japan CustomsACP notification rules
- Amazon.co.jpSeller Central compliance requests
How it works
Three steps, no sales call.
- 01Describe the product
Plain English. Module part number if you have it, power spec, how you plan to sell in Japan. Takes two minutes.
- 02Get the Quick Check
Which rules likely apply and how strongly, the live MIC database result for your module, candidate PSE items, and whether you need a Domestic Administrator or customs ACP.
- 03Order the brief, or just ask
A human-reviewed brief with indicative costs, timelines and who to call. Or send one or two questions by email. No retainer, no sales call.
What we cover
The rules that stop a hardware product at Japan's door.
Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, LTE, Zigbee, Sub-GHz. We query the official MIC certification database for your module and explain what the final product still needs.
AC adapters, lithium-ion cells, lamps, appliances. Your product is matched against the PSE item list — round mark or diamond mark, and why.
Since 25 Dec 2025, overseas sellers of PSE/PSC products need a representative in Japan. We tell you whether that is likely you, and what the options are.
Shipping stock to Amazon FBA in Japan means importing in your own name, which needs a Japan-resident customs representative before the first shipment.
The PSE certificate, mark photo, Giteki number and notifying-business details Amazon asks for, and how to get a suspended listing back up.
PSC for a short list of products, the PMD Act for cosmetics and health claims, battery recycling, and where a licensed professional must take over.
Before you ship
Planning a Japan launch or crowdfunding delivery
Find out what your product triggers while there is still time to change the adapter, the module, or the sales route.
Start with the Quick CheckAfter a problem
Amazon.co.jp suspended a listing or asked for PSE documents
Send us the request you received. We will tell you what they actually need and whether the December 2025 rule now applies to you.
Email us the requestQuick Check
Likely applicable rules with confidence levels, live MIC database result for your module, candidate PSE items, Domestic Administrator and customs ACP flags, three next actions.
Run it nowCompliance brief · $149
A 6–10 page PDF for one product, reviewed by a person in Japan before it is sent.
- ✓Which rules likely apply, with reasoning and confidence
- ✓Indicative test costs and timelines, with sources and dates
- ✓Domestic Administrator and customs ACP options, and what to check in the contract
- ✓The documents Amazon.co.jp asks for and how to restore a listing
- ✓A week-by-week plan and one round of follow-up questions
Delivered within 3 business days of your answers. Full refund any time before delivery.
About
Small, independent, and in Japan.
Torii Japan Compliance is an independent service run from Japan, built for hardware teams that are too small for a retained consultancy and too careful to guess. We read the Japanese source documents, query the official databases, and put a person in front of every brief before it is sent.
We say “likely” rather than “certainly” because that is what the law allows anyone but a registered body to say, and we tell you who to call when certainty is needed.
Regulation updates
What changed, in plain English.
- 2025-12-25Overseas sellers now fall under Japan's four product-safety laws
Selling PSE/PSC products directly to Japanese consumers requires a METI notification and a Domestic Administrator in Japan. Names are published.
- 2026-03MIC Web-API responses fixed to UTF-8
The certification database API (v1.7.0) now returns UTF-8 only, which is what our live lookup uses. Search by type name, number or holder.
- 2026-09METI's English guideline for specified importers is available
An English-language guideline explains the notification, the delegation contract's five required clauses, and the administrator's duties.
Monthly change alerts for your product category are coming. Ask to be notified at hello@toriicompliance.com.
Questions we get
- Is this legal advice?
- No. We summarise public Japanese sources in English for a specific product. Final applicability is confirmed with a registered certification body or the ministry, and we tell you which one.
- Can you file documents with METI or customs for us?
- Not at this stage. Notifications for Domestic Administrator and customs ACP are made by the appointed representative; we explain what is needed and introduce providers who take on the role in English.
- Our module is already certified. Are we done?
- Often not. A module certification covers a specific antenna and firmware configuration, and the final product still needs the mark. The brief walks through exactly this.
- We only ship USB-C products with no adapter. Does PSE apply?
- Frequently the main unit is outside the PSE list, but any bundled charger is not, and lithium-ion cells above a certain energy density are. The Quick Check flags both.
- How is the brief produced?
- Drafted with AI from the Japanese source documents and the live database lookup, then reviewed by a person in Japan before it is sent. Nothing goes out unreviewed.
Two minutes now saves a stuck shipment later.
Describe your product and see which Japanese rules are likely to apply. Free, no sign-up.
Run a free Quick CheckTorii Japan Compliance is an independent service run from Japan. We do not prepare or file government documents on your behalf, and nothing here is legal advice.