Enter Japan knowing exactly how it will regulate your product.
We research your products against Japan's certification, import, and classification rules, then structure the entry and run it. You get a decision-ready assessment and a team that executes, not a market-size deck.
Reviewing options? See a sample of our work.
A product that sails through CE and FCC can still be blocked at Japanese customs, pulled by METI, or create obligations that run for years. We work regulatory strategy first, mapping the full compliance picture before you commit commercially, so your launch date survives contact with Japan.
What an Aplash assessment delivers.
Every engagement produces the same decision-ready picture of regulated entry, built around your products, not the market in general.
The assessment is the start. From there we manage certification, filings, and the import structure end to end.
Book an assessmentIndustries we research.
Each sector carries its own regulatory stack. We track the laws, ministries, and certification routes that decide whether your product can legally enter Japan, and how long it takes.
From assessment to a compliant market.
Not a report you file away, an engagement that runs from the first determination through to maintained compliance in market.
Assessment
We check every product against the current METI lists, Radio Act (電波法) scope, HS schedule, and the voltage, plug, and frequency profile, and write it up per product.
Certification management
We act as your Notifying Supplier (届出事業者), coordinate registered conformity-assessment bodies and accredited labs, and run type certification (技適) through TELEC and JATE.
Import structure
We build the IOR or ACP (税関事務管理人) arrangement around your commercial model, not whatever is fastest to set up, and prepare for the first shipment.
Ongoing compliance
Annual Notifying Supplier upkeep, Diamond PSE audit support, and monitoring as Japan's designated lists and standards change.
Why companies bring us in.
Regulatory strategy and market entry is all we do. We are not a freight forwarder with a compliance add-on. Japan's rules are the work.
See the depth before you engage.
We publish a full sample report so you can judge the work. Your engagement applies the same approach to your own products. This is an example, not the product itself.
Electronics & IT Hardware
Regulatory strategy for foreign companies entering Japan.
Japan Electronics & IT Hardware Market Entry Guide
A published example of an Aplash assessment, applied to an entire product category: the regulatory stack, certification paths, import structure, and the mistakes that cost the most. It shows the depth your own engagement report would carry.
Get this for your own products.
Tell us your products and target sector and we will scope a market-entry assessment: per-product certification determinations, import structure, classification, and a sequenced timeline to your first lawful shipment in Japan.
About the service.
What the engagement covers, where analysis ends and execution begins, and how current the work is.
What does the Industry Insights service actually deliver?
A regulatory market-entry assessment for your specific products and sector: the laws, ministries, certification paths (PSE, 技適), import structure (IOR / ACP), HS classification, cost, and a sequenced timeline to your first lawful shipment. It is a decision-ready document, and we can then execute the entry.
How is this different from generic market research?
We lead with regulatory strategy, not market sizing. The output is a per-product determination, Diamond vs Circle PSE, type certification (技適) applicability, IOR vs ACP, and HS classification, built to act on. Market-size charts age the day they ship. A regulatory path is what actually unblocks your entry.
Do you only write the report, or also handle the entry?
Both. The assessment is the start. We then manage certification as your Notifying Supplier (届出事業者), file the METI notification, run type certification (技適) through TELEC and JATE, and put the IOR or ACP (税関事務管理人) structure in place. We do not do freight, logistics, or customs brokerage. We work alongside those providers.
Is the analysis specific to my products?
Yes. Every product is assessed individually against the current METI designated list, Radio Act (電波法) scope, and HS schedule. Classification is verified at the time of engagement because the lists and standards are revised periodically.
Which industries do you cover?
Core coverage is electronics, wireless and connected devices, medical and life sciences, manufacturing, consumer goods, mobility and aviation, energy and cleantech, and connected software. The methodology applies to any regulated hardware or cross-border product. Tell us the product and we will scope it.
Can I see an example before engaging?
Yes. Our published Japan Electronics & IT Hardware Market Entry Guide is a full sample of the depth and structure you receive, applied to an entire category. Your engagement report applies the same approach to your own products.
Map the rules before you commit.
Tell us your products and target sector. We will scope a market-entry assessment and, when you are ready, run the entry end to end.
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