Japan

Fuel Economy Standards for passenger and heavy duty vehicles

Executive

Decree/Order/Ordinance

Passed in 2020

Japan's fuel economy standards have been implemented and amended over time through ministerial ordinances. They aim at improving fuel efficiency and set targets to 2030 accordingly and were designed by a council on behalf of the ministry.

The current fuel efficiency standards for heavy duty vehicles will be about 13.4% stronger for trucks and about 14.3% stronger for buses compared to the current 2015 fuel efficiency standards. They apply for the period up to 2025.

Documents

Standards for heavy duty vehicles (Japanese)
Full text of 2030 standards for passenger vehicles (Japanese)
2020 press release on standards for passenger vehicles (English)
Notice for 2013 standards (Japanese)