Travel Restrictions Entering Japan from the United States for Vaccinated Travelers
Summary
Border Status
Travel is allowed with restrictions
Transit is allowed
Recommended Masks
2x Mandatory Documents
Cases Per Million
Vaccinated
Travel is allowed with restrictions for vaccinated travelers
The information on this page is applicable to people who are fully vaccinated and traveling from the United States to Japan.
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Border Status
Travel is allowed with restrictions
Travelers arriving from selected countries for a short-term stay for tourism can Japan under special exceptional circumstances.
Visitor visas are suspended for most nationalities. Independent travelers can not get a tourist visa regardless of their country of origin. Foreign nationals planning to travel for short-term tourism trips may be authorized to enter as long as they have the ERFS form. The ERFS form should be obtained by a receiving organization located in Japan through an online application along with other visa application documents in response to the purpose of the visit.
Please check the documentation and/or testing requirements before traveling.
This requirement doesn’t apply to the following travelers:
- Holders of permanent or long-term residency permits (eijusha or teijusha) with a re-entry permit or re-entry confirmation letter;
- Spouses or children of Japanese citizens or permanent residents with valid visas;
- Direct relatives of Japanese nationals with valid visas;
- Foreign nationals who are newly entering Japan for a short-term stay (less than 3 months) for purposes including business and employment with receiving organizations for supervision located in Japan;
- Foreign nationals newly entering Japan for a long-term stay with receiving organizations for supervision located in Japan.
For a full list of exemptions, please see the source.
The Business Track and Residence Track programs have been suspended until the lifting of the state of emergency in Japan.
Transit is allowed
Travelers arriving by air are allowed to transit through Japan as long they stay in the international departure area until their next flight on the same calendar day. Overnight transit is not allowed.
Visas
Before You Leave
No proof of a negative pre-departure COVID-19 test is required for vaccinated travelers with a booster dose
Fully vaccinated travelers having a booster dose don’t need a negative COVID-19 test result before traveling to Japan.
Travelers under the age of 18 also don’t need a negative COVID-19 test result before traveling to Japan if accompanied by a fully-vaccinated parent (who has received their booster shot) who supervises their activities, as those travelers will be considered as fully vaccinated.
The following vaccines are accepted in Japan: Comirnaty/Pfizer, Spikevax/Moderna, Nuvaxovid/Novavax, Vaxzevria/AstraZeneca, and JCOVDEN/Janssen, COVAXIN / Bharat Biotech, Covovax. Mix-and-match vaccines are also considered valid.
Vaccinated travelers without a booster dose must have a negative pre-departure COVID-19 test result before traveling to Japan. In that situation, please see the pre-departure COVID-19 testing requirements for unvaccinated travelers.
Mandatory quarantine questionnaire
Travelers must fill up a quarantine questionnaire form, 1 per person, and present the QR code upon arrival. Paper forms are also available at the airport.
For Transit
No proof of a negative pre-departure COVID-19 test result is required for transit
Travelers not entering Japan and transferring directly to a third country by transit are not required to submit documents and undergo COVID-19 PCR tests.
The following cases require entry into Japan and hence have to go through regular entry procedures:
- Transferring between Tokyo International Airport (Haneda Airport) and Narita International Airport;
- Travelers with a connecting flight out of Narita International Airport the following day.
On Arrival
No quarantine is required
Travelers arriving from selected countries don’t need to quarantine on arrival in Japan.
Please see the source for more details.
Mandatory health and location monitoring app
All travelers must download and register themselves on the app (MySOS). Travelers must confirm location and report health conditions.
Travelers are recommended to complete the pre-registration via MySOS Web or the MySOS App at least 6 hours before their flight’s scheduled arrival.
Please see more details regarding MySOS registration.
While There
Masks are recommended in public
Travelers are recommended to wear masks in public.
COVID-19 Risk Information
Data is sourced from Our World In Data , and risk levels are assessed and scored based on the CDC guidelines .
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