日本正考慮對交易卡牌市場進行監管，因為卡牌價值飆升至數百萬美元，助長了偽造和洗錢等犯罪活動。執政的自由民主黨成立了專門小組研究此議題，指出交易卡牌已不再只是單純的消費品，市場的快速擴張和卡牌資產價值的增長帶來了不容忽視的問題。

交易卡牌的收集與交易已從校園消遣發展為全球性的龐大市場。強勁的需求推動價格飆升，單張卡牌可價值數百萬美元。2025年，YouTuber Logan Paul擁有的一張稀有寶可夢卡牌以約1600萬美元售出。日本國內市場在截至2025年的四年間增長了90%，達到3380億日圓（約21億美元）。

自民黨議員木原誠二主持該新小組，表示希望討論聚焦於支持日本原創的智慧財產權和內容產業，同時避免像過去對加密貨幣產業施加嚴格監管那樣抑制成長。該小組將制定關於「適當規則制定」和產業推廣的政策建議，並計劃聽取製造商和其他業界參與者的意見。

Japan is considering regulating the trading card market as skyrocketing card values, reaching millions of dollars, have fueled counterfeiting and money laundering. A ruling Liberal Democratic Party group established to examine the issue stated that trading cards are no longer simply consumer products, and the market's rapid expansion has created problems that cannot be ignored.

Card collecting has evolved from a schoolyard hobby into a lucrative global market, with individual cards worth millions of dollars. A rare Pokémon card owned by YouTuber Logan Paul sold for approximately $16 million in February. Japan's domestic market grew 90% to ¥338 billion ($2.1 billion) in the four years leading up to 2025, and the government is concerned that card values are largely determined by a US company despite the Japanese origins of franchises like Pokémon and Yu-Gi-Oh.

LDP lawmaker Seiji Kihara, who chairs the new caucus, aims to support Japan-originated intellectual property and content while avoiding the strict regulations that previously hampered the domestic cryptocurrency industry and pushed it overseas. The group will formulate policy recommendations on appropriate rule-making and industry promotion, and plans to consult with manufacturers and other industry participants.