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2.35. (...) In 2021, the Council for Promotion of Foreign Direct Investment adopted the Strategy for Promoting Foreign Direct Investment in Japan. (...) The Strategy has three basic pillars: (i) creation of a new digital green market and building an innovation ecosystem; (ii) acceleration of the development of business environments in response to global environment changes; (...)

3.44. (...) Japan has also notified a new import licensing requirement for certain mercury and mercury-added products; this is to implement the Minamata Convention on Mercury (adopted in October 2013), which aims to protect human health and the environment from anthropogenic emissions and releases of mercury and mercury compounds. (...)

Table 3.4 Goods subject to import licensing under the Import Trade Control Order, 2022
(...)
Items: Fresh and chilled Bluefin tuna farmed in the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean
HS nos.: 03.02; 03.04
Application: Non-members of ICCAT[International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas]
Rationale: Compliance with ICCAT resolution
(...)

Table 3.4 Goods subject to import licensing under the Import Trade Control Order, 2022
(...)
Items: Fresh and chilled Southern Bluefin tuna
HS nos.: 03.02; 03.04
Application: Products from non-members of CCSBT[Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna]
Rationale: Compliance with CCSBT resolution
(...)

Table 3.4 Goods subject to import licensing under the Import Trade Control Order, 2022
(...)
Items: Wild animals and plants in Appendix I of the CITES[the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora]
HS nos.: Not provided
Application: All trading partners
Rationale: Compliance with CITES
(...)

Table 3.4 Goods subject to import licensing under the Import Trade Control Order, 2022
(...)
Items: Wild animals and plants in CITES [the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora] Appendices II and III
HS nos.: Not provided
Application: CITES non members
Rationale: Compliance with CITES
(...)

Table 3.4 Goods subject to import licensing under the Import Trade Control Order, 2022
(...)
Items: Substances that deplete the ozone layer, specified hazardous wastes, and waste chemical weapons goods
HS nos.: Not provided
Application: All trading partners, with certain exceptions
Rationale: Compliance with various national laws and international conventions/protocols
(...)

3.46. (...) Products subject to import quotas are (...) (ii) controlled substances listed in Group I and II of Annex F (HFCs) of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer. With respect to the latter, the list of these controlled substances was adopted at the Montreal Protocol 28th Party Meeting held in October 2016. HFCs for which import restrictions came into effect on 1 January 2019 were added as controlled substances. (...)

3.67. Under the Export Trade Control Order, approval from the METI may be required to export certain goods and exports of certain goods to certain destinations. (...) Several controlled products/destinations may reflect Japan's international commitments or non-binding arrangements. [66] (...)
[66] These international commitments and non-binding arrangements are the CITES Convention; the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal; (...) the Convention on the Safety of the Management of Spent Fuels and Radioactive Wastes; the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade; (...) the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer; and the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme.

3.82. (...) In December 2020, NEXI[The Nippon Export and Investment Insurance] announced some initiatives to actively promote projects, with a focus on contributing to global carbon neutrality, solving social issues, and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. (...)