🇯🇵 Cannabis status in Japan
Cannabis Control Act 1948 prohibits all cannabis use. CBD products legal only if from cannabis stems / seeds with zero detectable THC. Tourist carriage attracts up to 7 years imprisonment (10 years for trafficking).
Legal status (4 axes)
- Recreational
- illegal
- Medical
- limited
- CBD / hemp
- legal-zero-thc
- THC limit
- 0% THC required for legal CBD
Cross-border carriage
Cross-border carriage of cannabis is illegal under the UN Single Convention 1961 in every signatory country regardless of domestic legal status. Even where domestic possession is legal, taking cannabis across the border is a separate prosecutable offence.
Last verified 2026-04-28.