Generally, the aims and objectives of Islamic organizations in Japan are to promote halal awareness among food, beverage, pharmaceutical, and cosmetic producers, as well as halal tourism services such as hotels and restaurants.
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Japan’s food sector and tourism industry were not familiar with the concept of halal, but now they are striving to seek new local and international markets through halal. Halal, which is a term exclusively used in Islam, has now become a universal concept.

The history of Islam in Japan is relatively brief in relation to the religion's longstanding presence in other nearby countries. 

Islam in Japan has over three centuries worth of history, with the earliest Muslim settlers believed to have worked in the cities of Yokohama and Kobe during the reign of the Meiji. Today, however, Muslims in Japan are well established, numbering somewhere between 100,000 and 300,000, with approximately 10% being native.
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Eager to attract more Muslim tourists, Japan’s Hokkaido Island wants to work with Malaysia’s Halal Industry Development Corporation "HDC" to make its capital Sapporo more "Muslim-friendly".

Nozomi Ota, who heads Sapporo’s Developing Local Cuisines in Observance with the Cultures of Muslim Tourists Project, said the city had begun to make changes to accommodate Muslim travelers by building more prayer rooms and publishing a list of Halal restaurants.

"We hope travelers can enjoy our food in Sapporo and feel safe. We will work with the HDC and fly some people to Malaysia to learn about the halal food", she told reporters in Chuo-ku here recently.
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Japan is fast becoming a Halal friendly country.  The government as well as the private sector are making conscious efforts to make the concept of Halal nearly a universal phenomenon.  

​Public and private university cafeterias in many campuses are getting Halal certification to satisfy their growing population of Muslim students from many different countries.
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As ever greater numbers of Muslim Community tourists and business travelers come to Japan, places that pack in crowds are making efforts to accommodate them, and not just with halal foods.

Perhaps the greatest need for prayer rooms is at airports, the gateway for Muslims entering and leaving Japan.
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