| SR on racism | SR on racism | Reported/completed | from 3 July 2005 to 12 July 2005 |
| SR on trafficking | SR on trafficking | Reported/completed | from 12 July 2009 to 17 July 2009 |
| SR on migrants | SR on migrants | Reported/completed | from 23 March 2010 to 31 March 2010 |
| SR on rights to water and sanitation | SR on rights to water and sanitation | Reported/completed | from 20 July 2010 to 28 July 2010 |
| SR on health | SR on health | Reported/completed | from 15 November 2012 to 26 November 2012 |
| IE on foreign debt | IE on foreign debt | Reported/completed | from 16 July 2013 to 19 July 2013 |
| SR on DPR Korea | SR on DPR Korea (country visit to Japan) | Reported/completed | from 8 April 2014 to 10 April 2014 |
| SR on sale of children | SR on sale of children | Reported/completed | from 19 October 2015 to 26 October 2015 |
| SR on truth | SR on truth | Inactive | 2016 |
| SR on freedom of expression | SR on freedom of expression | Reported/completed | from 12 April 2016 to 19 April 2016 |
| SR on DPR Korea | SR on DPR Korea | Reported/completed | from 23 November 2016 to 25 November 2016 |
| SR on DPR Korea | SR on DPR Korea | Inactive | from 15 December 2017 to 16 December 2017 |
| WG on arbitrary detention | WG on arbitrary detention | Inactive | 2018 |
| SR on Indigenous Peoples | SR on Indigenous Peoples | Inactive | October 2018 |
| WG on people of African Descent | WG on people of African Descent | Inactive | February 2019 |
| SR on housing | SR on housing | Inactive | from 22 August 2019 to 31 August 2019 |
| SR on leprosy | SR on leprosy | Reported/completed | from 12 February 2020 to 19 February 2020 |
| IE on sexual orientation and gender identity | IE on sexual orientation and gender identity | Inactive | second half of 2020 |
| SR on cultural rights | SR on cultural rights | Requested | second half of 2022 |
| SR on internally displaced persons | SR on internally displaced persons | Reported/completed | from 26 September 2022 to 7 October 2022 |
| SR on Myanmar | SR on Myanmar (SR Myanmar visit request to Japan) | Completed | from 19 April 2023 to 28 April 2023 |
| SR on privacy | SR on privacy | Reminder | second half of 2023 |
| WG on business and human rights | WG on business and human rights | Reported/completed | from 24 July 2023 to 4 August 2023 |
| IE on democratic international order | IE on democratic international order | Reminder | first quarter of 2024 |
| IE on international solidarity | IE on international solidarity | Requested | 2024 |
| SR on freedom of religion | SR on freedom of religion | Requested | 2024 |
| SR on toxics and human rights | SR on toxics and human rights | Reminder | from 11 March 2024 to 22 March 2024 |
| SR on migrants | SR on migrants | Requested | second half of 2024 |
| SR on racism | SR on racism | Reminder | 2025 |
| SR on minority issues | SR on minority issues | Reminder | 2025 |
| IE on older persons | IE on older persons | Reminder | March 2025 - April 2025 |
| WG on discrimination against women and girls | WG on discrimination against women and girls | Inactive | |