All entrants must presentation a certificate of inspection within 72 hours before leaving the country. If you are unable to presentation a valid certificate of inspection, you will not be allowed to enter in Japan based on the Quarantine Law.

・In the country of departure, if you do not have a inspection certificate before boarding, you will be denied boarding the aircraft.
・In cases where it is difficult or truly unavoidable to obtain an inspection certificate, please consult with the diplomatic mission abroad.

Inspection certificates are valid only if they meet the following conditions.

■ Within 72 hours from the date of sample collection to the departure time of the flight.
■ Please use the prescribed format, if you cannot use the prescribed format, you may use arbitrary format. For using arbitrary format, the following conditions must be included in the inspection certificate.

＜Conditions＞
(1) Name, Passport number, Nationality, Date of birth, Sex
(2) Testing method for COVID-19, Sample（Limited to 2 and 3 below）
(3) Result, Specimen collection date and time, Test result date, Date of issue
(4) Name of medical institution , Address of medical institution, Signature by doctor, An imprint of a seal
(5) All items must be written in English.

＜Format＞
日本語・English、 Arabic、 Indonesian、 Urdu、 Korean、 Spanish、 Thai、 German、 French、 Vietnamese、 Persian、 Portuguese、 Russian、 Ukrainian、 Dutch、 Chinese、 Italian、 Tagalog、 Nepalese

Test method is valid only for one of the following.
＜Nucleic Acid Amplification Test＞
- Real time RT-PCR (real time reverse transcription PCR)
- 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)

＜Others＞
- Next Generation Sequence
- Quantitative Antigen Test※（CLEIA/ECLIA）
※ Not a qualitative antigen test

Sample collection method is valid only for one of the following.
Nasopharyngeal Swab／Nasal Swab※／Saliva／Nasopharyngeal and Oropharyngeal Swabs
※Nasal Swab is valid when the test method is Nucleic Acid Amplification test.

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