Japan Cannabis

Japan: Updated Guidelines On THC Limits Don't Address All Gaps, Says Expert Japan's Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare's (MHLW) Narcotics Control Division updated its guidelines on THC limits for CBD products as it prepares for new rules expected to take effect in December 2024. However, some...

Japan is set to make a significant shift in its cannabis policy by criminalizing personal use while simultaneously legalizing medical products derived from the plant. According to Kyodo News, the health ministry confirmed Thursday that these changes, aimed at regulating cannabis use and expanding...

In Japan, a nation known for its stringent stance on drugs, Ryujiro Oyabu, a 52-year-old pottery artist, is making headlines with a court case that could potentially impact the country’s approach to cannabis. Oyabu, arrested in August 2021 with three grams of marijuana, is contesting Japan...

Japan: Public Comment Period On Cannabis Reform Begins The Japanese government confirmed last week that a public comment period on its cannabis reform bill is officially open, reported Business of Cannabis. Among the proposed five measures of the new bill is the one that would loosen rules around...

Sunderstorm, the company behind award-winning cannabis brands, has secured strategic partnerships to launch new wellness lines in Japan. KANHA will now have a presence in two major Asian markets, Japan and Thailand, as the brand continues its expansion into new countries. KANHA will enter the...

Japan’s Cannabis Cases Hit Record High, Youth Most Affected Japan reported a historic surge in cannabis-related criminal investigations in 2023, with 6,482 cases marking an unprecedented increase, according to Kyodo News. Significantly, individuals in their teens and twenties constituted over...

An Australian, vertically integrated plant-based medicine company, Cannatrek, will collaborate with a Japanese University to empower research on medical marijuana.  What happened: Cannatrek reported Tuesday it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (Mou) with Mie University in Tsu, Japan, to...

Japan’s Parliament passed a bill Wednesday legalizing medical products derived from cannabis. The news comes some three weeks after the measure was first approved in the Lower House. The approved legislation also closes loopholes in the current ban against cannabis by...

Medical Cannabis-Based Epidiolex Advances Through Japan's Legislature Earlier this week, Japanese policymakers gave the green light to a measure to legalize medical products derived from cannabis, simultaneously emphasizing the country's existing restrictions on the use of other...

Judge Rules In Favor of Brazilian NGO A Brazil federal judge gave the green light to an NGO to cultivate and produce medical cannabis, reported The Brazilian Report. The move from a judge in the northeastern state of Sergipe means that the NGO Salvar could produce cannabis products other than oil,...

Could Japan be the next country in Asia to embrace medical marijuana? It's looking that way. The country’s health ministry held a meeting Wednesday to negotiate the revision of the Cannabis Control Law from 1948. The ministry is considering legalizing cannabis for medical...