Changelog 9b7d901tree
Remove the invented ten-year maximum for cultivation for profit, correct the\nmedical wording, date the 2023 reform to 6 December with non-Wikipedia\nsources, and add five Japanese terms plus four entries for 2024–2026. Move the\ndrafted 2023 reform article into articles/.
4 history entries added1 history entry edited1 country profile edited1 article written1 file of code, design or docs +363 −132 lines
2023-12-06
Asahi Shimbun — Cannabis reform passes (6 December 2023)
GR Japan — Japan’s cannabis reform (October 2024)
Wikipedia — Cannabis in Japan
label Unauthorised cultivation · treatment criminal · term Cultivation · prison min 1 year · prison 10 years, label Cultivation for profit · treatment criminal · term Cultivation for profit · prison min 1 year · prison 10 years · fine 5000000 · note Prison, or prison and a fine; no maximum prison term, label Growing with seed above 0.3% THC (Type 1) · treatment criminal · term Seed-rule vi … r unlicensed growing · treatment criminal · term Facilitating cultivation · prison 5 years
Wiktionary — 大麻 (Japanese) Wiktionary — マリファナ (Japanese) Japan Cabinet Office — Cannabis page, section 5 on online slang (updated 30 July 2025) 33 unchanged
word 大麻 · lang Japanese · say taima · meaning 'hemp'; the standard word for cannabis in law and news · atlas ma · sources wikt_taima, cannabis, word マリファナ · lang Japanese · say marifana · meaning 'marijuana'; loanword for dried cannabis · sources wikt_marifana, word 草 · lang Japanese · say kusa · meaning 'grass'; online slang · sources gov_slang, word 野菜 · lang Japanese · say yasai · meaning 'vegetable'; code word in online sales · sources gov_slang, word リキッド · lang Japanese · say rikkiddo · meaning 'liquid'; slang for vape liquid or cartridges · sources gov_slang
docs/research/expansion-2026-10-28-asia-9.md +3 @@ -12,5 +12,7 @@ Bangladesh and Japan. None was marked busy. | Pakistan | in progress | | | | Bangladesh | in progress | | | -| Japan | in progress | | | +| Japan | 2023 reform article, cultivation maximum fix, medical wording, 5 words, 4 history entries | no approved cannabis medicine | this commit | Lebanon validation: `profile-audit lb` zero errors and warnings. The 1946 entry is dated 18 June, sourced to the primary law and Bouquet, and now has a 484-word article. The profile splits the Law 178 penalties, corrects the field-destruction year, adds four Lebanese Arabic terms and records the 2025 HHC/THCP scheduling, Yammouneh raid, 2026 laboratory agreement and draft drug law. + +Japan validation: `profile-audit jp` zero errors and warnings. The cultivation-for-profit row no longer invents a ten-year maximum, the medical text says no herbal product has been approved rather than excluding herbal medicine in law, and the 2023 reform entry is dated 6 December with non-Wikipedia sources. Five Japanese terms and four history entries cover 2024–2026; the 475-word article is in `articles/`.