Ratified International Conventions:
http://www.mofa.go.jp/policy/human/child/protocol_a8.pdf
- Convention on the Rights of the Child, 20 November 1989 (Ratified 1994)
- http://www.mofa.go.jp/policy/human/child/convention.html
- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflicts, 25 May 2000 (Ratified 2004)
- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict and on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, 25 May 2000 (Ratified 2005)
National Laws for Children:
- Child Welfare Law (1947)
- Child pornography laws in Japan (1999)
- Child Abuse Prevention Law (2000)