Globodera tabacum was detected only once in Japan, from an eggplant greenhouse in 1998. This species includes three subspecies, G. tabacum tabacum, G. tabacum virginiae, and G. tabacum solanacearum. The population detected in Japan (Gt-j), however, was yet to be identified at the subspecies level. Therefore, to identify the subspecies of Gt-j, we performed a PCR-RFLP test using CLAVATA3/ endosperm surrounding region-related (CLE) peptidecoding genes and the sequence analysis of a pectate lyase gene. Restriction fragment patterns of the Gt-j CLE peptidecoding genes Cle1 and Cle5 were identical to those of G. tabacum tabacum. In addition, the sequence comparison of Pel1 showed more than 99% similarity between Gt-j and eight isolates of G. tabacum tabacum. Based on these results, we identified Gt-j as G. tabacum tabacum. Nematol. Res. 51(2), 37-40. (2021)