The health ministry has had its fill of cat-and-mouse games between law enforcement and creators of new chemical compounds and now plans to ban products with properties similar to those found in ...

The government will ban sales, possession and use of products containing hexahydrocannabishexol (HHCH), a synthetic compound similar to a mind-altering substance in marijuana, in response to illnesses ...

This file photo shows a building housing Japan's Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare in Tokyo. (Mainichi) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A Japanese health ministry panel on Tuesday decided to ban HHCH, a ...

This screenshot shows the health ministry's website announcing that HHCH has been added to the list of designated drugs under the law. The Mainichi Shimbun answers some common questions readers may ...

TOKYO – For one very particular niche of Japan’s economy, the first Saturday of December marked a black spot on the calendar: It was the first day of the country’s new ban on products – such as ...

TOKYO, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- Japan's health ministry has approved the ban on a cannabis-derived ingredient named hexahydrocannabihexol, or HHCH, after so-called "cannabis gummies" containing such an ...

A Japanese health ministry panel on Tuesday decided to ban HHCH, a synthetic cannabinoid, from Dec 2 after many people who consumed gummies containing the compound had to go to the hospital. The panel ...

That was quick. Can’t get them to investigate their own strange numbers for accounting but if it’s to look tough and decisive about a completely innocuous thing, super fast! But why say many? It was ...