Covid-19 Entry Requirements to Japan 2023

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*Measures for those entering Japan from China (excluding Hong Kong and Macau) – Refer to this document (China travellers)

Effective April 29th, 2023, travelers and returnees entering Japan are no longer required to submit a negative COVID-19 test certificate or proof of COVID-19 vaccination. This means that COVID-19 restrictions for Japan have finally been lifted!

What you need to travel to Japan

❌ Vaccination Certificate or Negative Covid-19 Test Report (NOT Required)

✔️ Passport with validity of at least 6 months and visa if required

✔️ Fill out the Visit Japan Web OR paper Immigration and Customs forms

Visit Japan Web

Complete the “Visit Japan Web” to get ① Immigration QR Code ② Customs QR Code ③ Tax-free QR Code (if required)

Visit: vjw.digital.go.jp and Click “Use Now”
Sign up for a new account
Login and register details of traveller/ travellers
Add a + New registration of “Planned Entry/ Return”

Register Planned Entry/Return

In the “Register Planned Entry/ Return” you are required to complete the registrations of the following and print out/ save the 2 QR Codes.

1. Preparation of Immigration Clearance

Register the “Disembarkation Card for Traveller” to generate the Immigration QR Code (yellow line) to be used at immigration clearance

2. Preparation for Customs Declaration

Complete the “Declaration of Personal Effects and Unaccompanied Articles” and the Customs Declaration QR code (with light blue line) will be generated

Travellers holding a biometric passport (with electronic chip) can complete their custom declaration using the electronic terminals (only available at selected airports; Narita, Haneda, Kansai, Chubu Centrair, Fukuoka, New Chitose, Naha). Scan your Customs Declaration QR code, insert passport into the slot and your face photo will be taken for verification.

Read the guidelines in “After entering Japan (during the stay in Japan)”

Mask Use

Wear a mask when meeting with the elderly or spending time in a hospital. Remove your mask if you do not need it outdoors, to prevent heat stroke.
■Outdoors： You do not need to wear a mask outdoors when you are approximately 2 meters apart from others, or when you are not talking at a distance of less than 2 meters.
■Indoors： You do not need to wear a mask indoors when you are approximately 2 meters apart from others and when you are not talking.

Source: mhlw.go.jp – covid-19 mask

Below Covid-19 Requirements are not required anymore to enter Japan

Summary from: Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare – mhlw.go.jp: Border Control

On-Arrival Test and Quarantine

Not Required

Pre-Departure Test

NOT REQUIRED for those with a Valid Vaccination Certificate

Without Valid Vaccination Certificate

Source: mhlw.go.jp – Covid-19 Test

Have to obtain certificate of testing for COVID-19 (proving negative) within 72 hours prior to departure.

Test method is valid only for one of the following:

Nucleic Acid Amplification Test

PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction)
LAMP (Loop-mediated Isothermal Amplification)
TMA (Transcription Mediated Amplification)
TRC (Transcription Reverse-transcription Concerted reaction)
Smart Amp (Smart Amplification process)
NEAR (Nicking Enzyme Amplification Reaction)
Next Generation Sequence

Quantitative Antigen Test (CLEIA/ECLIA) *

* Not a qualitative antigen test.

If you don’t submit any of the (Vaccination or Test) certificates, you be will be denied boarding for departure to Japan.

Valid Vaccination Certificate

Source: mhlw.go.jp: Vaccination Certificate

Certificate in Japanese or English or with translation (if other language), that contains

Name
Date of birth or other identification such as passport number
Vaccine name/manufacturer, Date of vaccination, Number of doses administered

The certificate must clearly show that you have received 3 doses of any of the following vaccines on the Emergency Use Listing of World Health Organization (WHO)

Vaccine name	Major manufacturer
COMIRNATY intramuscular injection COMIRNATY RTU intramuscular Injection	Pfizer BioNTech Fosun Pharma
Spikevax intramuscular injection	Moderna
Vaxzevria intramuscular injection	AstraZeneca
Covishield	Serum Institute of India
JCOVDEN intramuscular injection	Janssen
COVAXIN	Bharat Biotech
Nuvaxovid intramuscular injection	Novavax
COVOVAX	Serum Institute of India
Covilo BBIBP-CorV Inactivated COVID-19 Vaccine (Vero Cell)	Sinopharm/Beijing Institute of Biological Products
CoronaVac COVID-19 Vaccine (Vero Cell), Inactivated	Sinovac
CONVIDECIA	CanSino Biologics

* For the JCOVDEN intramuscular injection/Janssen and CONVIDECIA/CanSino Biologics only in case of primary series, one dose is considered equivalent to two doses.
* Doses will also be considered valid even if each dose are not the same vaccine.

Children

For children under the age of 18 without a valid vaccination certificate, if they are accompanied by a guardian with a valid vaccination certificate and who will supervise the children, they will be treated as holders of valid vaccination certificates, and submission of the negative certificates is exempted the same as the guardian as an exception.

*If children under the age of 18 without vaccination certificates enter Japan by themselves (without being accompanied by a guardian with a valid vaccination certificate), they are not eligible for the above exception.

Visit Japan Web

Visit: vjw.digital.go.jp and Click “Use Now”
Sign up for a new account
Login and register details of traveller/ travellers
Add a + New registration of “Planned Entry/ Return”

Register Planned Entry/Return

In the “Register Planned Entry/ Return” you are required to complete the registrations of the following and print out/ save the Screenshot of Fast Track and 2 QR Codes.

1. Quarantine Procedures (Fast Track)

Register Quarantine Procedures (Fast Track) which includes Vaccination certificate and Test result registration – Quarantine/ Isolation not required

If you have completed the Fast Track Procedures, you will have to take screenshots of the Fast Track registration. After landing in Japan, you can go where the sign says “Fast Track Blue” Lane for Covid-19 Requirements check at the airport.