Here are the latest COVID-19 updates from Japan and beyond:

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Useful resources for foreign residents and visitors to Japan

  • Ministry of Health call centre
    COVID-19: 0120-565-653 (toll free)
    COVID-19 Vaccines: 0120-761-770 (toll-free)
    – Interpreters available for English, Chinese, Korean, Portuguese and Spanish from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.; for Thai 9am to 6pm; for Vietnamese 10 a.m. to 7 p.m
  • of the Ministry of Health COVID-19 Vaccine Navigation website
    https://v-sys.mhlw.go.jp/en/

  • AMDA Medical Information Center”Multilingual Advisory Service”
    – Available in basic Japanese and English, weekdays from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Also available in Chinese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Tagalog, Thai and Vietnamese on certain days of the week. Check the schedule Here.
    03-6233-9266
  • Information on COVID-19 from the Tokyo Metropolitan Government
    https://stopcovid19.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/en/
  • Tokyo Metropolitan Government Hotline
    https://stopcovid19.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/en/contacts
    – Available in English, Chinese, Korean and Japanese, 9:00am to 10:00pm (including weekends and holidays)
    0570-550571
    –     Available by fax for the hearing impaired
    03-5388-1396
  • “Guide for When You Feel Sick” by the Japan National Tourism Organization
    – Multilingual clinic/hospital search Available in English, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese
    https://www.jnto.go.jp/emergency/eng/mi_guide.html
  • JNTO’s”Japan Visitor Hotline“
    https://www.japan.travel/en/plan/hotline/
    – Available 24/7 in English, Chinese, Korean and Japanese
    050-3816-2787
    +81-50-3816-2787     (from overseas)