Complete Guide] “Bed bugs” have reappeared in Japan… What to watch out for and what to do to avoid bringing them back home.

Osaka and Tokyo receive the most consultations, followed by Kanagawa Prefecture… “In the past, we used to get about two cases a year, but now we get about 100 cases a month if we get too many,” he says. It used to be about two cases a year, but now it’s more like 100 cases a month.

The number of cases of people being bitten in their sleep and having their blood sucked and itching is increasing. The culprit is bed bugs, which may have been brought into Japan by the increasing number of foreign visitors. What precautions should we take against these bed bugs that lurk around us?

The Japan Pest Control Association (JPCA), a public interest incorporated foundation, urges caution, saying, “Consultations about bed bugs are increasing. They are a type of bedbug that bites people while they are sleeping and moves away from them when they are moving,” says a representative of the association. They also dislike brightly lit places.

During and after World War II, they were called “bedbugs,” and there was a time when the insecticide DDT was poured over people’s heads to get rid of them. After that, sanitary conditions improved, and the bugs were almost completely eliminated from the country. However, around 2008, the disease spread to the U.S. and entered Japan. A person in charge of the association said, “At first, it was prevalent in hotels.

At first, it became popular in hotels. It is believed that visitors to Japan brought it to Japan, and it spread to their guests and employees.

Hidehiko Mukai, president of Taiyo Anti-Pest Laboratory (Yao City, Osaka Prefecture), a pest control company, says that consultations on bed bug extermination are increasing: “We used to receive about two cases a year, but now we receive about 100 cases a month at most. He says, “We used to get about two cases a year, but now we get about 100 cases a month if we get a lot of consultations.

The only way to prevent them is… “to see and be sure!

Overseas, it is reported that bed bugs have become a social problem in France, South Korea, and other countries. With the increase in the number of foreigners visiting Japan, there is a possibility that bed bugs are being brought into Japan on people, bags, and other items. The only way to know for sure is to see them with your own eyes, but it is necessary to understand the ecology of bed bugs in order to know what to look out for.

According to the association’s staff, bed bugs are only a few millimeters in size and feed by sucking the blood of humans and other animals. However, they can survive for months without sucking blood. They lay about 300 eggs in their lifetime and produce 2 to 5 eggs every day. They can lurk near people, build nests, and can even get mixed up in luggage and other items.

Recently, bed bugs have become resistant to pyrethroid insecticides and are no longer effective, and are sometimes referred to as “super bed bugs. Organophosphorous and other insecticides are still effective and are used in extermination.