{"id":174314,"date":"2025-11-12T14:49:56","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T05:49:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=174314&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-11-12T14:49:56","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T05:49:56","slug":"moji-customs-warns-against-counterfeit-imports","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/moji-customs-warns-against-counterfeit-imports\/","title":{"rendered":"Moji Customs Warns Against Counterfeit Imports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moji Customs officers distributed flyers at Hakata Station on November 11, warning travelers not to bring counterfeit goods into Japan. The effort is part of a campaign from November 10 to 14 to curb intellectual property violations. During the first half of 2025, more than 26,000 fake items were seized\u2014marking the third consecutive year above 20,000. Electrical replicas, including earphones posing fire risks, surged more than 200-fold from last year to over 3,100 items. Officials urged consumers to avoid suspiciously cheap or poorly translated online shops when buying products. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.customs.go.jp\/moji\/moji_osirase3\/gyoumu\/20251103231502.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moji Customs<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-174305\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fnn_mojicustoms-fake-goods_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C395&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Moji Customs Warns Against Counterfeit Imports\" width=\"1024\" height=\"395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fnn_mojicustoms-fake-goods_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C395&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fnn_mojicustoms-fake-goods_2025_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C116&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fnn_mojicustoms-fake-goods_2025_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C296&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fnn_mojicustoms-fake-goods_2025_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu news and events in English. Sign up for our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">free weekly newsletter <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">today and never miss a beat. Opt out anytime, your privacy is our priority. Get the inside scoop with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this <\/span><b>form<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moji Customs officers distributed flyers at Hakata Station on November 11, warning travelers not to bring counterfeit goods into Japan&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":174305,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-174314","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-prefecture","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/174314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174314"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/174305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}