Chronology Table of Policy #2 (From Showa Era to the present）

（Official Gazette. April 11, 1929, Printing Bureau　Ministry of Finance）

April 11, 1929 Instruction of the Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry on rabies control

The Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce (later the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry) had been in charge of matters related to rabies quarantine, but this responsibility was transferred to the Ministry of the Interior (later the Minstry of Health and Welfare).
（For more information：History of the Transfer of Dog Rabies Prevention Affairs to the Ministry of the Interior

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March 6, 1950, Memorandum on the Establishment of Rabies Prevention Measures

On March 6, 1950, the Director General of the Public Health and Welfare Bureau, General Headquarters of the GHQ, sent a memorandum "On the Establishment of Rabies Prevention Measures" as quarantine activities at the time were sluggish.（For More Information：Memorandum from GHQ）

August 26, 1950
Act No. 247 Rabies Prevention Law enacted

It was the first stand-alone law on rabies. It made wild dog interdiction mandatory, as well as unauthorized entry onto the land of dog owners and other persons under unavoidable circumstances during dog tracking.
（For more information: History of the Enactment of the Rabies Prevention Law）

May 31, 1951
Livestock Infectious Disease Prevention Act (as revised)

With the enactment of the Rabies Prevention Law, canine rabies was excluded from the list of types of livestock infectious diseases.

1957

A case of rabies in a cat was confirmed. Following this outbreak, there were no outbreaks of rabies in Japan, and Japan became a rabies-free country.

（For more information: Why was it Japan succeed in eradicating rabies?）

October 2, 1998
Act No. 115 Revision of Rabies Prevention Law

In addition to dogs, cats, raccoons, skunks, and foxes were added.