Japanese Government Initiatives for COVID-19

1　Border enforcement measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in Japan

● Quarantine measures:
<From 0:00 am (JST) on April 29, 2023, about all travelers and returnees> 
(1) All 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 random sampling test which are provisional measures for all travelers and returnees arriving from China (excluding Hong Kong and Macau) by direct flights, will be replaced to the testing on arrival required to those who show symptoms, which is the same measure applied to all other travelers and returnees.
 COVID-19: Current Japanese Border Measures (Ministry of Health, Labour and Walfare)

● Denial of permission to entry
The denial of landing that had been placed to all the countries/regions were lifted on September 4, 2022.

● Lifting of the suspension of visa validity
Single entry visa and multiple entry visa which have been issued by Embassies, Consulate-Generals and Consulates of Japan in all countries/regions and whose validity have been temporarily suspended have been resumed again from 0:00 am (JST) on October 11, 2022.
 

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