VETERINARY SCIENCE IN JAPAN. 
VETERINARY SCIENCE IN JAPAN.* 
^Fhis profession can be followed only by one who has ob¬ 
tained a license from the Minister of State for Agriculture and 
Commerce. 
Those enumerated below may obtain the license : 
One who has passed a veterinary examination and holds a 
certificate , one who holds a diploma of a governmental veteri¬ 
nary school or a certificate that he has passed a special course 
of the veterinary department of the agricultural college ; one 
who holds a certificate that he has passed a special course of 
the veterinary department in a public or private school, the 
curriculum of which has had the approval of the Minister of 
State for Agriculture and Commerce 5 one who holds a graduate 
certificate of a governmental or public veterinary school in a 
foreign country. 
A license fee of 1 yen (49 cents) must be paid^ a renewal of 
license on account of loss can be made upon the payment of 50 
sen (24 cents). 
A suspension of business for not less than five days and not 
more than fifty days, or entire prohibition of occupation, may 
be adjudged, if theie be any offense with regard to veterinary 
practice or improper conduct, by the Minister of State for Agri¬ 
culture and Commerce, according to the circumstances of the 
ease. This prohibition may be rescinded after three years have 
elapsed, if deemed advisable, in which case the practitioner 
must apply for a fresh license. 
A fine of not less than 5 yen ($2.49) nor more than 50 yen 
($24.90) will be imposed upon one who has practiced veterinary 
medicine or surgery without obtaining a license. A fine of not 
less than 2 yen (99 cents) nor more than 25 yen ($12.25) will 
be imposed upon one who follows the business while he is 
under suspension. 
A penalty of not less than one yen nor more than 1.95 yen 
will be imposed upon a veterinary surgeon who shall have re¬ 
fused to comply with the request of others for professional ser¬ 
vices, without proper reasons therefor. 
The Minister of State may issue a provisional license to a 
person who has none of the qualifications enumerated above, 
but whose antecedents merit such favor, by limiting the area of 
operation and the period of practice, upon the recommendation 
of a govern or of a prefecture where veterinary surgeons are scarce. 
* Extracted from U. S. Consular Reports by W. J. Martin, M.D.C., Kankakee, Ill. 
