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Coronavirus (COVID-19) 

Measures by the Government

 

Last updated: Tuesday, May 9, 2023

 

 

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Measures by the Government of Japan

1. Areas subjected to entry ban

2. Denial of the re-entry from designated countries/regions in response to COVID-19 variants of special treatment on border measures

3. Quarantine measures

4. Suspension of visa validity

5. Suspension of visa exemption measures

6. Restrictions on airports/ports for arrival

7. Visit Japan Web

 

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Measures by the Government of Japan

 

Information about entry into Japan

New entry of foreign nationals Visa exemption arrangements were resumed on October 11, 2022. Please refer to 5. Lift of the suspension of visa exemption measures for more details. Suspension of visa validity under the border measures was also lifted on October 11, 2022. Please refer to 4.　Lift of the suspension of visa validity below for further information.   Quarantine measures <From April 29, 2023, regarding all travelers and returnees> (NEW) (1) Travelers and returnees will no longer be required to submit either a certificate of negative result of COVID-19 test conducted within 72 hours prior to departure, or a valid COVID-19 vaccination certificate of three doses or equivalent. (2) Currently implemented provisional measures including random sampling tests for all travelers and returnees arriving from China (excluding Hong Kong and Macau) by direct flights, will be replaced with testing on arrival required only by those who show symptoms of COVID-19 (a measure applied to all travelers and returnees).

 

1. Denial of permission to entry

The denial of landing that had been placed on all countries/regions was lifted on September 4, 2022.

 

For details, please check the following page.
https://www.mofa.go.jp/ca/fna/page4e_001053.html#section1

 

 

2. Denial of re-entry from certain countries/regions among designated countries/regions in response to COVID-19 variants of special treatment on border measures

Currently, there are no subject countries/regions.

 

For details, please check the following page.
https://www.mofa.go.jp/ca/fna/page4e_001053.html#section2 

 

 

3. Quarantine measures (New)

From April 29, 2023, regarding all travelers and returnees (NEW)

(1) Travelers and returnees will no longer be required to submit either a certificate of negative result of COVID-19 test conducted within 72 hours prior to departure, or a valid COVID-19 vaccination certificate of three doses or equivalent.
(2) Currently implemented measures including provisional random sampling tests for all travelers and returnees arriving from China (excluding Hong Kong and Macau) by direct flights, will be replaced with testing on arrival required only by those who show symptoms of COVID-19 (a measure applied to all travelers and returnees).

For more detail, please refer to the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Border Measures page (open in a new window).

 

For more detail, please refer to the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare

 

 

4. Lifting of the suspension of visa validity

Single entry visas and multiple entry visas issued by Embassies, Consulate-Generals and Consulates of Japan in all countries/regions and whose validity had been temporarily suspended were resumed again on October 11, 2022.

Validity of visas already issued under “Business Track” or “Residence Track” and visas issued based on “New border measures (4)” (referred in Note 2 of Article 1), for the time being, has been suspended from January 21, 2021, based on the announcement of the Government of Japan dated January 13, 2021.

 

For details, please check the following page.
https://www.mofa.go.jp/ca/fna/page4e_001053.html#section8 

 

 

5. Lifting of the suspension of visa exemption measures

The visa exemption arrangements which had been temporarily suspended under the border measures were resumed on October 11, 2022.

For countries/regions applicable to the visa exemption arrangements, please visit the link below:
 

• Exemption of Visa (Short-Term Stay)
    https://www.mofa.go.jp/j_info/visit/visa/short/novisa.html
• Visa Exemptions for Diplomatic and Official Passport Holders
    https://www.mofa.go.jp/ca/fna/page22e_000692.html
• Visa Exemption Arrangement for United Nations Laissez-Passer Holders
    https://www.mofa.go.jp/ca/fna/page22e_000930.html

 

The effect of Pre-Clearances (i.e. visa exemptions) granted by the Japanese Government to APEC Business Travel Card (ABTC) issued by the following countries was also resumed on October 11, 2022. For more information on the APEC Business Travel Card (ABTC), please refer to the link below:

 

APEC Business Travel Card (ABTC)(Japanese)

  Asia Brunei, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Viet Nam Oceania Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea Latin America and the Caribbean Chile, Mexico, Peru Europe Russia

For details, please check the following page.
https://www.mofa.go.jp/ca/fna/page4e_001053.html#section9

 

 

6.Restrictions on airport/ports for arrival

Airports/ports that suspended international flights/cruises have started to lift the suspension as their preparations are completed.

 

For details, please check the following page.
https://www.mofa.go.jp/ca/fna/page4e_001053.html#section10

 

 

7. Visit Japan Web

Visit Japan Web is a convenient way to register information for immigration, customs and Tax-free shopping service before you enter Japan. After the registration, QR codes are generated.

 

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