Japan countries/jp.yaml
CBD products are legal and popular, subject to very strict residual-THC limits set in parts per million. Nothing with meaningful THC is lawful.
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The 2024 law lifted the ban on cannabis-derived medicines, opening the way for an approved cannabidiol drug for severe epilepsy. There is no herbal medical cannabis. CBD products are legal and popular, subject to very strict residual-THC limits set in parts per million; nothing with meaningful THC is lawful.
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label Possession of any amount (since 2024) · treatment criminal · prison 7 years · note Maximum raised from five to seven years; first small-amount offenders commonly suspended
JPY
label Unauthorised cultivation · treatment criminal · prison min 1 year · prison 10 years, label Cultivation for profit · treatment criminal · prison min 1 year · fine 5000000 · note At least one year and/or up to 5 million yen
label Transfer, with or without payment · treatment criminal · prison 7 years
label Use (since December 2024) · treatment criminal · prison 7 years
All recreational use is prohibited: possession of any amount brings up to seven years, use itself has been a crime since December 2024, and transfer brings up to seven years whether or not money changes hands. Record arrests skew young, with app-based buying common.[@giq,dia,mh26]
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