Consumer Affairs Agency

Consumer Affairs Agency
消費者庁
Shouhisha-chō

Central Complex Building No. 4 Building
Agency overview
FormedSeptember 1, 2009 (2009-09-01)
Jurisdiction Japan
HeadquartersSanno Park Tower 2-11-1 Nagatachō, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan 100-6178
Employees270
Ministers responsible
Agency executive
  • Kazumi Okamura, Commissioner
Parent agencyCabinet Office
Websitecaa.go.jp

The Consumer Affairs Agency (消費者庁, shõhishachō) is an administrative agency of the Cabinet Office of Japan responsible for consumer protection established on September 1, 2009.

Under the law passed on December 10, 2022,[1] the Consumer Affairs Agency now also has jurisdiction over the issue of donations between religious juridical persons and their followers. Until then, the Agency for Cultural Affairs had jurisdiction over all administration related to religious juridical persons.[2] This legislation was intended to address the Unification Church's "Spiritual sales", which has become a serious problem in Japanese society.[1]

  1. ^ a b 旧統一教会被害者救済新法が成立 「霊感」使った寄付勧誘に刑事罰 (in Japanese). Mainichi Shimbun. 10 December 2022. Archived from the original on 10 December 2022. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
  2. ^ 新法の「触らぬ神」路線＝古賀攻 (in Japanese). Mainichi Shimbun. 7 December 2022. Archived from the original on 9 December 2022. Retrieved 10 December 2022.