Abstract
Japan imports a lot of live animals including livestock. The Animal Quarantine Service, a wing of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, implements import and export inspection based on several laws in order to: i) Promote the livestock industry by preventing and controlling infectious diseases (including parasitic diseases) of domestic animals (Domestic Animal Infectious Diseases Control Law); ii) Improve the public health and promote public welfare by preventing incursions and spreads of rabies and by eradicating them (Rabies Prevention Law) iii) Improve and promote public health by preventing the incursion and spreading of infectious diseases through the measures of prevention of infectious diseases and medical care for patients with infection (The Law Concerning Prevention of Infectious Diseases and Medical Care for Patients of Infections) iv) Promote fisheries by conserving and cultivating fishery resource, and maintaining its effect for a long time (Fishery Resource Conservation Law).
