Rampant sales of imitations of popular cosmetics！
IRIS STAR NET CO.,LTD.Popular Japanese cosmetics are being counterfeited in China. In China, counterfeit products are rampant and continue to plague Japanese manufacturers.
The distribution of counterfeit products imported from China and other countries is becoming more serious on mail order and flea market sites in Japan.
The counterfeit products are very similar in packaging to the real products and are believed to have been manufactured in China or other foreign countries and then imported.
On January 31, 2 Chinese nationals were arrested on suspicion of violating the Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Law for selling counterfeit products of NARS, a popular cosmetics brand by Shiseido, a major Japanese cosmetics manufacturer, over the Internet.
According to the police, the 2 men sold a legitimate product for 5,830 yen, including tax, for 3,400 yen.
According to investigators, the suspects are believed to have started selling counterfeit brand-name cosmetics through a Chinese social networking site (SNS).
They asked, "Why don't you sell our products on our behalf at a major flea market?
Those who can make money can earn 200,000 to 300,000 yen a month.
On SNS, a person believed to be in China posted such slogans, recruiting "part-timers" to sell counterfeit brand cosmetics and bags.
The police are investigating the illegal business being conducted by a group of mainly Chinese residents in Japan.
In November 2022, a Chinese woman was arrested on suspicion of selling a counterfeit Rohto serum, Melano CC.
Rohto Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. the manufacturer of "Melano CC," has alerted the public to the appearance of counterfeit products on flea market and auction sites.
According to the company, counterfeit products of the serum "Melano CC Medicated Blotchy Intensive Anti-Dark Spot Premium Serum" were being sold.
Melano CC is a basic cosmetic series that claims to prevent blotches and acne due to vitamin C. It is a quasi-drug product.
If you wish to handle pharmaceuticals through online sales, etc., you must first obtain a store retailer's license.
On November 24, 2022, Yahoo Japan called on users of the auction site Yahoo! users to beware of counterfeit products of the "Melano CC" series of cosmetics.
Genuine products have a rough QR code. However, the counterfeit product had no QR code and was hidden by a white sticker.
Melano CC Medicated Whitening Premium Serum for Intensive Blemish Control (left) and Melano CC Whitening Lotion for Intensive Blemish Control (right) (Both taken from the official Rohto website.)
- goods sold at prices that are clearly lower than the market price
- goods sold in a foreign country at a price lower than the market price in Japan; 3. goods sold in Japan at a price lower than the market price in Japan
- goods sold in Japan at a price lower than the Japanese market price.
Items 1 through 3 above may include counterfeit or resale products.
Counterfeit pharmaceuticals, food products, and drinking water are a matter of life and death.
The business pain for manufacturers and authors of counterfeit products is enormous, and the losses incurred when counterfeit products are imitated are immeasurable.
"New products” that are cheaper than the market price should be treated with suspicion.
