# 😷 Japan | Entry requirements? **URL:** \ **Category:** International Travel\ **Tags:** covid-19, 2022, vaccines, 2023\ **Created:** [October 28, 2022, 9:47am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/japan-entry-requirements/224765 "2022-10-28T09:47:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Andrew0409](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/andrew0409/32/69821_2.png) [@Andrew0409](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Andrew0409)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2022, 9:47am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/japan-entry-requirements/224765/1 "2022-10-28T09:47:45Z")
Has anyone traveled to Japan recently? I’m a bit confused on the entry requirements now for those not triple vaccinated. And it’s unclear what this means for Taiwanese citizens > Visa exemption arrangements for Taiwan is limited to passport holders with a personal ID number. What is the personal ID number? ---
**Author:** ![PeiHua-Connie](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/a4c791/32.png) [@PeiHua-Connie](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/PeiHua-Connie)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2022, 9:57am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/japan-entry-requirements/224765/2 "2022-10-28T09:57:40Z")
A passport with your ID card number in it, or as I would call it normal passport vs. ones without ID# which are often people without Hukou/Household reg.) ---
**Author:** ![Marco](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/marco/32/179744_2.png) [@Marco](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Marco)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2022, 9:59am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/japan-entry-requirements/224765/3 "2022-10-28T09:59:04Z")
On the Taiwanese passport, those who have household registration have their ID card number on their passport info page. Otherwise it’s blank. Do you have the magic plastic card? ![image](https://forumosauploads-12829.kxcdn.com/original/3X/e/d/ed5e845dcc4200d0226649d98ec9a563fc4fa9ba.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Taiwan\_Luthiers](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@Taiwan\_Luthiers](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Taiwan_Luthiers)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2022, 10:00am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/japan-entry-requirements/224765/4 "2022-10-28T10:00:22Z")
It means only passports with I’d number is a citizen. Those without are just nationals and those passport won’t even get you into taiwan. ---
**Author:** ![Andrew0409](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/andrew0409/32/69821_2.png) [@Andrew0409](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Andrew0409)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2022, 10:05am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/japan-entry-requirements/224765/5 "2022-10-28T10:05:44Z")
I do have the ID card but it seems a bit weird that would need that. Still a bit confused as it seems I need to take a PCR test and register as of now? ---
**Author:** ![Marco](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/marco/32/179744_2.png) [@Marco](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Marco)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2022, 10:06am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/japan-entry-requirements/224765/6 "2022-10-28T10:06:55Z")
> [@Andrew0409](#): > > I do have the ID card but it seems a bit weird that would need that. Well, in practise, those with the ID number and card are True Taiwanese citizens. Because of the National Without Household Registration and status, it’s kind of a way for countries to determine who actually is from Taiwan and who isn’t just ‘Overseas Chinese’ because their Grandfather fought for the ROC army in Shanghai. ---
**Author:** ![quandary](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/q/3d9bf3/32.png) [@quandary](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/quandary)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2022, 10:09am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/japan-entry-requirements/224765/7 "2022-10-28T10:09:44Z")
![image](https://forumosauploads-12829.kxcdn.com/original/3X/b/8/b827c56dac6fb411e5e6d474cd0a7deed31778a4.jpeg) You will need proof of a negative COVID test if you have not been triple vaccinated. ---
**Author:** ![PeiHua-Connie](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/a4c791/32.png) [@PeiHua-Connie](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/PeiHua-Connie)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2022, 10:10am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/japan-entry-requirements/224765/8 "2022-10-28T10:10:44Z")
[Vaccine Certificate for Quaranatine｜Border Measures｜Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare｜Government of Japan (mhlw.go.jp)](https://www.mhlw.go.jp/stf/covid-19/border_vaccine.html) Chart [000997373.pdf (mhlw.go.jp)](https://www.mhlw.go.jp/content/000997373.pdf) ---
**Author:** ![Andrew0409](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/andrew0409/32/69821_2.png) [@Andrew0409](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Andrew0409)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2022, 10:12am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/japan-entry-requirements/224765/9 "2022-10-28T10:12:02Z")
> [@Marco](#): > > those with the ID number and card are True Taiwanese citizens. Ah right. I remember my grandfather was very insistent that I get this card for this reason. ---
**Author:** ![volv1992](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/volv1992/32/105503_2.png) [@volv1992](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/volv1992)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2022, 1:44pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/japan-entry-requirements/224765/10 "2022-10-28T13:44:14Z")
> [@Marco](#): > > True Taiwanese citizens Of the One True Taiwan? ---
**Author:** ![Marco](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/marco/32/179744_2.png) [@Marco](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Marco)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2022, 1:56pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/japan-entry-requirements/224765/11 "2022-10-28T13:56:49Z")
The One True Tainumbawan! ---
**Author:** ![QuaSaShao](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/quasashao/32/220200_2.png) [@QuaSaShao](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/QuaSaShao)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2022, 2:17pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/japan-entry-requirements/224765/12 "2022-10-28T14:17:09Z")
> **[Visit Japan Web｜デジタル庁](https://vjw-lp.digital.go.jp/)** ---
**Author:** ![yinggeaussie](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/y/c68b51/32.png) [@yinggeaussie](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/yinggeaussie)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2023, 12:30pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/japan-entry-requirements/224765/13 "2023-01-30T12:30:35Z")
What a mess it is to arrive into Fukuoka these days. First we have a Quarantine checkpoint where you now need to show the evidence of 3 Covid shots or more, else you get waved into the direction of waiting Quarantine people in their PPE. Then the vaccinated get to join a long line that mostly consists of Koreans and Vietnamese (aircraft from both countries were prominent on the tarmac) where you get to enjoy passing through Immigration TWICE (though not all get the first one). I thought that silly antic was Olympic related as it started around 2019, but alas it continues. Then you get to collect your luggage which has beaten you to the carousel. But there is more … they have introduced Online Immigration forms - which rewards you with a QR Code to show the Immigration Officer - else you still have to fill out the paper form. Then, Customs have gone self service too and you get another QR Code after filling things out on-line, before finally being released - about an hour after stepping off the aircraft. ---
**Author:** ![Andrew0409](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/andrew0409/32/69821_2.png) [@Andrew0409](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/Andrew0409)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2023, 12:32pm UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/japan-entry-requirements/224765/14 "2023-01-30T12:32:22Z")
Yes. The new online QR codes are a pain. ---
**Author:** ![afterspivak](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ccd318/32.png) [@afterspivak](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/afterspivak)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2023, 7:40am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/japan-entry-requirements/224765/15 "2023-04-29T07:40:55Z")
A PSA for interested forumosans: All COVID-related restrictions on entering Japan are now lifted, effective today April 29. The earlier target date for lifting restrictions was May 8, and it appears that government officials just said “F&ck it let’s cash in on the upcoming Golden Week.” > **[Japan to drop COVID border restrictions on Saturday | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News](https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20230427_02/)** > > The Japanese government is planning to end its entry restrictions on people arriving in the country on Saturday, before downgrading the legal classification of COVID-19. Guy ---
**Author:** ![QuaSaShao](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/quasashao/32/220200_2.png) [@QuaSaShao](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/QuaSaShao)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2023, 8:21am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/japan-entry-requirements/224765/16 "2023-04-29T08:21:32Z")
I just entered Japan yesterday (28th) and all they asked to see were my immigration and customs QR codes. Nothing about COVID or vaccination records. Couldn’t have been easier. ---
**Author:** ![yinggeaussie](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/y/c68b51/32.png) [@yinggeaussie](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/yinggeaussie)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2023, 8:54am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/japan-entry-requirements/224765/17 "2023-04-29T08:54:37Z")
How long was the line for Immigration - was hopeless in Fukouka back in February. ---
**Author:** ![QuaSaShao](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/quasashao/32/220200_2.png) [@QuaSaShao](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/QuaSaShao)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2023, 8:58am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/japan-entry-requirements/224765/18 "2023-04-29T08:58:47Z")
One person was ahead of me when I reached immigration at New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido. ---
**Author:** ![silly.putty](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/silly.putty/32/39_2.png) [@silly.putty](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/silly.putty)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2023, 10:21am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/japan-entry-requirements/224765/19 "2023-04-29T10:21:32Z")
What about at departure airport? Did anyone check anything? ---
**Author:** ![afterspivak](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ccd318/32.png) [@afterspivak](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/afterspivak)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2023, 10:24am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/japan-entry-requirements/224765/20 "2023-04-29T10:24:31Z")
Before the lifting of these restrictions, airline workers at check in counters would carefully look at my vaccine certificate to ensure that they would not be transporting an inadmissable passenger. As of today, this extra step is not needed. Guy