2003–2025
Japan’s psychiatry society guideline lists puberty blockers from Tanner 2. A family-court statute lets a person change legal sex from 18.
What the law allows
Medical care for minorsAffirming
The Japanese Society of Psychiatry and Neurology fifth-edition guideline still permits puberty blockers from Tanner 2 and, in defined cases, cross-sex hormones before 18.
Japanese Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (JSPN)
Key dates2003–2022
2003–2022: The Japanese Society of Psychiatry and Neurology fifth-edition guideline still permits puberty blockers from Tanner 2 and, in defined cases, cross-sex hormones before 18.
Japanese Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (JSPN)
Official sources
Asia. Society guideline names puberty blockers. Legal sex-change from 18.
Full official record
The Japanese Society of Psychiatry and Neurology and Japan GI Society 5th-edition guideline lists puberty blockers (GnRH agonists) from Tanner 2 for adolescents, with parental consent. Opposite-sex hormones are in principle from 18, with a 15-and-over exception after a year of team observation. The Act on Special Cases in Handling Gender Status lets a family court change legal sex from age 18.