This information is as of April 8.
Please check the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Japan for the latest information.
https://www.mofa.go.jp/p_pd/ipr/page7e_900126.html
Those who cannot provide a valid certificate showing vaccinations three times are not advised to visit Japan. Those should stay in a hotel for quarantine for a minimum of three days, followed by a negative PCR test (you need to arrange those by yourself!).
Visa
Visa is required for all entrants to Japan (visa waiver program suspended!)
https://www.mofa.go.jp/ca/fna/page22e_000921.html
for visa application
The certificate for completion of registration to the Entrants, Returnees Follow-up System (ERFS) from the IDMC-13 organizer is necessary.
Details of ERFS procedures will be emailed to registered participants by the IDMC-13 Secretariat.
Quarantine
The quarantine period is exempted with
- Valid certificate of COVID 19 negative test result conducted within 72 hours prior to departing from the country. A rapid antigen test is not acceptable.
- Certificate showing vaccinations three times
- not from the following countries
Latin America and the Caribbean | Grenada, Guatemala, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Lucia |
Europe | Armenia, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Estonia, Kyrgyz, Moldova, Russia, Slovakia, Ukraine |
Middle East | Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon, Palestine |
Africa | Algeria, Angola, Cameroon, Central Africa, Comoros, Cote d’lvoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Namibia, Nigeria, Republic of Congo, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Zambia, Zimbabwe |