Is vaping legal in Japan?
Sales banned
Nicotine-containing e-cigarettes are banned, while non-nicotine ones are legal.
Japan is one of 40 countries classified “Sales banned” for e-cigarettes — 23% of the 177 with data. (Also searched as vaping, vapes.)
Source
- Last checked
- 17 September 2026
- How it was classified
- Classified by a language model from the source text, then checked against hand-verified reference countries.
Nearby countries
- South Korea
- Legal / lightly regulated E-cigarettes are legal, subject to an age limit.
- North Korea
- Sales banned E-cigarette sales are prohibited.
- Taiwan
- Sales banned E-cigarette sales are prohibited.
- Philippines
- Legal / lightly regulated E-cigarettes are legal, subject to an age limit.
- China
- Regulated E-cigarettes are legal but nicotine strength is capped by law.
- Mongolia
- Legal / lightly regulated E-cigarettes are legal, subject to an age limit.
Other laws in Japan
- Cannabis
- Illegal
- Drinking Age
- 18–20
- Smoking Age
- 19+
- Psilocybin Mushrooms
- Illegal
- Salvia Divinorum
- Illegal
A visual reference compiled from Wikipedia’s law-by-country articles, not legal advice. Laws change and summaries simplify — check a primary source before relying on anything here.