ASIA-PACIFIC
Influencer marketing rules in Japan
We watch 8 regulators in Japan for changes that touch influencer marketing. Latest change: 16 September 2026.
Partial
Latest changes
- Meta launches parental supervision tools for teen Threads accounts in Asia Pacific (official source, opens in a new tab)
- Establishing Trusted Representation - Act against Unjustifiable Premiums and Misleading Representations (official source, opens in a new tab)
- Survey on Dark Patterns in Consumer Transactions (April 2025) (official source, opens in a new tab)
- Cabinet Office Notification No. 19 of 2023 designating stealth marketing as misleading representation under Art. 5(iii) Keihyoho (official source, opens in a new tab)
- Self-regulatory rules for crypto-asset exchange providers advertising (official source, opens in a new tab)
- FIEA application to finfluencers (official source, opens in a new tab)
- JARO Guidance on Influencer Marketing (official source, opens in a new tab)
Links go to the official source. What changed, why it matters and what to do are in Pitchsafe.
Who we watch
- Consumer Affairs Agency (CAA)
- Japan Advertising Review Organization (JARO)
- Casino Regulatory Commission (JCRC)
- Financial Services Agency (FSA)
- Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC)
- Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW)
- Personal Information Protection Commission (PPC)
- e-Gov法令検索 (Digital Agency) (e-Gov)
Key rules
- 医薬品、医療機器等の品質、有効性及び安全性の確保等に関する法律 (official text, opens in a new tab)
- 不当景品類及び不当表示防止法 (official text, opens in a new tab)
- ステルスマーケティングに関するQ&A (official text, opens in a new tab)
- 「一般消費者が事業者の表示であることを判別することが困難である表示」の運用基準 (official text, opens in a new tab)
- 医薬品等の広告規制について (official text, opens in a new tab)
- 令和5年10月1日からステルスマーケティングは景品表示法違反となります (official text, opens in a new tab)
Pitchsafe's knowledge base holds 18 approved rules for Japan, across 1 vertical.
Know when the rules in Japan change.
Pitchsafe alerts you the day a change lands, explains it in plain English and shows which of your campaigns it affects. Decision support, not legal advice.