The border restriction was eased from 0:00 AM on 11 October (JST).
1) The visa exemption arrangement will be resumed.
2) The Certificate for Completion of Registration to the Entrants, Returnees Follow-up System (ERFS) will be no longer required on applying for visa.
You can find further information on the relaxation of the border restriction from here.
Q&A on the New Border Measures (As of October 11)
Contact Information
Quarantine Measure to Enter Japan and during the Quarantine Period
"Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare Quarantine Inquiries Hotline"
TEL: +81-3-3595-2176 All day 9:00 to 21:00 (Japan Time)
Supported languages: Japanese, English
When you would like to ask inquiries concerning the overview of the Japanese quarantine measure, please contact the above telephone number.
Please refrain from calling the embassy to prevent busying the line.
Required Documents on Entering to Japan
You can find all information concerning Japanese quarantine measure in the following page:
https://www.hco.mhlw.go.jp/en/
When you have any inquiries, please refer to “Frequent inquiries and questions” in the aforementioned page and contact by Contact Form or Telephone.
All travelers including Japanese nationals entering Japan must submit a completed questionnaire, and a vaccination certificate or a negative COVID-19 test result.
1. VALID VACCINATION CERTIFICATE OF COVID-19
If you have valid vaccination certificate certifying third dose vaccination, you are not required to show negative covid-19 test certificate.
You can find the criteria of the vaccination certificate here.
Note 1: Children under the age of 18 are NOT required a valid vaccination certificate, if they are accompanied by a guardian (who supervises the children) with a valid vaccination certificate.
Note 2: The quarantine authority does NOT count one past COVID-19 contraction as one vaccination shot. For example, if you had two vaccination shots and contracted COVID-19 once, it is counted TWO shots, not three shots.
2. NEGATIVE COVID-19 TEST RESULT
- All travelers including Japanese nationals who don’t have aforementioned vaccination certificate have to submit a Certificate of Negative Test Result conducted within 72 hours (from the sampling time to departure time of the flight) when entering Japan.
*Consul letter for persons who have difficulty to enter Japan due to the positive PCR test result
- You can use the prescribed format or an arbitrary format. For using arbitrary format, the following conditions must be included in the certificate.
- (1) Name, Date of birth
- (2) Testing method for COVID-19, Sample
- (3) Result, Specimen collection date and time, Date of issue
- (4) Name of medical institution
- There have been reported some cases of rejection of boarding due to incomplete documents: lack of test date, test methods, etc. Showing the Requirements for Dertificate of Testing for Entering Japan to staff of medical institution could reduce such troubles.
3. VISIT JAPAN WEB
Visit Japan Web is a web service that visitors can use for quarantine (Fast Track), immigration and customs procedures in order to enter Japan. Visitors can register information for quarantine, immigration and customs procedures before arrival at Japan and make these procedures simplified. You need to register required documents at least 6 hours prior to your flight’s scheduled arrival time
4. MASK USE
It's important to wear a mask as a basic prevention measure against COVID-19. Please practice removing and putting your mask as this instruction to prevent heatstroke.
Quarantine Measure on Entering to Japan
All those who enter Japan from Finland are not required On-arrival Test and Isolation.
After 00:00 JST on December 30, 2022, all those who have stayed in China (excluding Hong Kong and Macau) within 7days of the arrival date and enter Japan via a direct flight from China (excluding Hong Kong and Macau) are required On-arrival Test at airport.