Children's backpacks not only pursue functionality, but also pay more attention to fashion and trend, with backpacks roughly overlapping with casual styles. Due to the resurgence of retro style, the basic backpacks of the past have returned to people's view. Most of these styles are mainly multi colored, and backpacks that combine college and fashion characteristics such as candy color, fluorescent color, and printing have received praise from children. What testing and certification are required for exporting children's backpacks to Japan?

The Japan Toy Safety Mark (STMARK) is managed and issued by the Japan Toy Association, which specifies the mechanical and physical properties, combustion safety performance, and chemical safety performance of toys. S represents safety, T represents toys. This standard is voluntary and only products that comply with it are allowed to bear the ST mark on the product itself. Although it is not a mandatory standard, this standard has a significant impact on the acceptance of toys in the Japanese market.

The Japanese toy standards were jointly formulated by the Japanese toy industry, the Japanese government, scholars, and consumer representatives in 1971. The 2001 revised version referred to and merged requirements such as ISO and Japanese Food Hygiene Law. The new toy safety standard ST 2016 contains a large number of mechanical and physical performance elements and came into effect on April 1, 2016. ST 2016 specifies the mechanical and physical properties, combustion safety performance, and chemical safety performance of toys.

Part 1: Physical and Mechanical Properties

This section specifies the safety requirements for toys used by children from birth to the age of 14. Mainly determine whether there are sharp edges or dangerous sharp points in the toy, and then conduct abuse tests (pressure, tension, torque, impact, drop, etc.) to determine whether there are small balls or small parts to avoid suffocation hazards caused by swallowing by children. For heavy stationary toys, its stability should be judged to avoid damage caused by collapse. Secondly, this section lists the methods for testing toys and specifies the requirements for packaging and labeling.

Part 2: Combustion performance

This section mainly involves toys worn on the head, including hair and tentacles; Toys for children to enter (including toy tents); Plush filled toys, etc., are judged to be qualified based on their combustion speed, with a maximum combustion speed of 30mm/s specified in the standard.


Part 3: Detection of Hazardous Substances

This section not only specifies the limits for the eight major heavy metals in surface paint, coatings, and ink of toy materials; It is also required to test the migration of dyeing substances, requirements for materials containing polyethylene and polyvinyl chloride, formaldehyde content of textiles used in toys, and phthalate (6P) testing.


What information is required to apply for Japanese toy ST certification:

1. Application Form

2. 2-3 sets of samples

Process for ST certification of Japanese toys:

5-7 working days