On March 29, 2018, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) released the FAQs about the Required Materials for the Application of Manufacturing and Marketing Approval of Quasi-drugs and for Revised Requirements for Cosmetic Standards, which involving marketing/manufacturing approval of quasi-drugs, animal testing, cosmetic standards, etc.
The FAQs including 41 questions, but the Q&A 14, 15 in the FAQs 1 shall be deleted with the FAQs 2 coming into force.