日本正考虑对交易卡牌市场进行监管，因为卡牌价值飙升至数百万美元，助长了伪造和洗钱等犯罪活动。执政的自由民主党成立了专门小组研究此议题，指出交易卡牌已不再只是单纯的消费品，市场的快速扩张和卡牌资产价值的增长带来了不容忽视的问题。

交易卡牌的收集与交易已从校园消遣发展为全球性的庞大市场。强劲的需求推动价格飙升，单张卡牌可价值数百万美元。2025年，YouTuber Logan Paul拥有的一张稀有宝可梦卡牌以约1600万美元售出。日本国内市场在截至2025年的四年间增长了90%，达到3380亿日圆（约21亿美元）。

自民党议员木原诚二主持该新小组，表示希望讨论聚焦于支持日本原创的智慧财产权和内容产业，同时避免像过去对加密货币产业施加严格监管那样抑制成长。该小组将制定关于「适当规则制定」和产业推广的政策建议，并计划听取制造商和其他业界参与者的意见。

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.