What is animal quarantine?
AQS Brochure (as of Sep. 2016)
panflet of animal quarantine(PDF:1,180KB)
Animal quarantine is a quarantine system that is implemented worldwide for the purpose of preventing the incursion of animal illnesses and diseases. Japan conducts both import and export inspections for cattle, pigs, goats, sheep, other cloven-hoofed animals, horses, chickens, pheasant, ostrich, guinea fowl, turkeys, quail, Anseriformes such as ducks, geese, etc., rabbits, honey bees and other animals as well as products and goods manufactured or derived from these animals.
Inspections are conducted upon arrival and departure in order to prevent the incursion into Japan of rabies and leptospirosis in the case of dogs and rabies in the case of cats, raccoons, foxes and skunks.
In addition, monkeys are also subject to inspection upon entry in order to prevent the incursion into Japan of diseases that are transmitted from monkeys to humans that have not yet occurred in Japan such as Ebola hemorrhagic fever and Marburg viral disease.
NEWS
- For owners of dogs and cats who would like to have export inspection at Haneda Airport (Booking is tight) (Update April, 2025)
- For Narita/Haneda airport users who import/export their dogs and cats (Delaying response to inquiries) (Update April, 2025)
- Instructions on reserving a dog or cat‘s export inspection (Update March, 2024)
- Enforcement regulations of Domestic Animal Infectious Diseases Control, Regulations for Import and Export Quarantine of Dogs, etc.,Enforcement regulations of Act on the Protection of Marine Resources have been partially revised.(Electronic health certificates from some countries are accepted.)
- Avian influenza on Oct. 17, 2024 in Japan. Therefore Animal Quarantine Service is suspending to issue export quarantine certificates for some animal products derived from poultry.
- The AQS will abolish the "ORIGINAL" stamps(including "COPY" and "DUPLICATE") for Export Quarantine Certificates from Mar. 1, 2022. For more information, please check the link below(External Link )
- Japanese Animal Quarantine Service strengthen animal quarantine inspections to prevent the incursion of ASF Virus into Japan, especially during the Chinese New Year season.(PDF:499KB)
- From 22nd April 2019, Penalty for violation against the Act on Domestic Animal Infectious Diseases Control will be applied more stringently for introduction of meat products.
- Animal quarantine regulations for dairy products have taken effect on 1 November 2017.
- Import Prohibition Area for cloven-hoofed animals or their meat etc., Straw from grain and Forage for feed (update Oct. 24, 2019)
- The Third Free Countries LIST (update Mar. 27, 2025) NEWアイコン
- Status of import suspension measures and lift of their measures of live poultry and poultry meat etc
- Countries(regions) on temporary import suspension due to outbreaks of Bovine Spongiform Encephalophathy(BSE) (update Jan. 30, 2015)
- The eligible countries for beef, sheep meat etc. to Japan in BSE affected countries (update Mar. 27, 2025)NEWアイコン