International trade in certain wildlife species is regulated through the Convention on International
Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), to which Japan is a Party. The
national laws that currently regulate trade in the surveyed species are two CITES-implementing
national laws, the Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Control Law and the Customs Law, as well
as the Law for the Protection of Cultural Properties. In addition Japan has the Law for the
Conservation of Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (LCES) which regulates domestic
trade in wildlife. The regulatory status of each species featured in this report is shown in Table 1.