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Overseas Travel and New Entry into Japan (Fourth Report)

Dear YNU Students, Faculties, and Administrative Staffs

October , 2022
UMEHARA Izuru
President, Yokohama National University


1. Overseas travel from Japan

Although vaccinations have progressed in many countries around the world, and border measures and domestic restrictions have been eased, the infection situation remains severe both in Japan and abroad. YNU requests that you avoid non-urgent, non-essential travel to countries and regions categorized as Level 2 or higher on the MOFA travel advice and warning, and on the MOFA travel advice and warning on infectious diseases except cases stated below. In addition, if you travel to countries and regions categorized as Level 1, please check local immigration and movement restrictions, the local medical system, and the conditions for your return to Japan and make your judgments.
Levels of MOFA travel advice and warning on infectious diseases (updated October 19)新しいウィンドウが開きます (in Japanese)
In all cases, please be sure to complete the necessary procedures on campus in advance.

(1) Overseas travel under programs organized by YNU, e.g., student exchange (for students)

In overseas programs for students, YNU requires that the destination must be the countries and regions categorized as Level 1 on the MOFA travel advice and warning and on the MOFA travel advice and warning on infectious diseases. To dispatch students to the countries and regions categorized as Level 2 or 3 is acceptable only when they meet all the conditions designated by YNU. For more information, please refer to the following notice.
International exchange programs and academic research activities involving overseas travel別カテゴリーへ移動します (in Japanese)

(2) Overseas travel assigned by YNU, e.g., business trips (for faculties and administrative staffs)

Business trips to the countries and regions categorized as Level 2 on the MOFA travel advice and warning on infectious diseases will be continued to be prohibited in principle, except cases confirmed in advance to meet all the conditions designated by YNU. For more information, please refer to the following notice.
Overseas travel for faculties and administrative staffs (including private trips)新しいウィンドウが開きます (in Japanese)

(3)Overseas travel for private purposes (for students, faculties, and administrative staffs)

When you travel overseas for private purposes, please be sure to submit a “YNU Notification of Overseas Travel”別カテゴリーへ移動します in advance. In addition to submitting the form online, make sure to print out the confirmation page and submit it to the office of your college or graduate school (for students) or the office of your department’s general affairs or accounting section (for faculties and administrative staffs). Faculties and administrative staffs are also required to refer to the following notice.
Overseas travel for faculties and administrative staffs (including private trips)
https://global.ynu.ac.jp/strategies/activities/別カテゴリーへ移動します (in Japanese)

Notices and Links

* Please give due consideration to the situation of the pandemic at your travel destination, which may call for the sudden introduction of lockdown or other measures and restrictions on your freedom of movement.
* Note that the situation of the pandemic in Japan may call for the denial of re-entry to foreign nationals. Please check the information released by MOFA before deciding whether to travel.
* Applications for vaccination certificates are accepted at each municipality. For details on the procedures, please refer to the information released by or inquire with the municipality actually issuing your vaccination certificate.
● MOFA: COVID-19 measures of each country or region applicable to travelers from Japan and to Japanese nationals—Restrictions on entry, requirements for entry, and restrictions on freedom of movement新しいウィンドウが開きます (in Japanese)
● MOFA: Border measures to prevent the spread of novel coronavirus (COVID-19)新しいウィンドウが開きます
● Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW): COVID-19 vaccination certificates新しいウィンドウが開きます
YNU Notification of Overseas Travel別カテゴリーへ移動します

2. Handling of new entry into Japan

Please refer to the following notice to go with the online procedures on entering Japan.
●Foreign researchers
Entry into Japan under the Border Measure (Updated October 11, 2022)新しいウィンドウが開きます (in Japanese)
●International students
New Entry into Japan for October Admission Students, etc.(Updated on October 11,2022)別カテゴリーへ移動します
In addition, the quarantine measures upon entering Japan differ depending on the countries and regions where the entrant stayed before arriving in Japan. For more details, please refer to the following website.

COVID-19: Current Japanese Border Measures|Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare|Government of Japan|厚生労働省 (mhlw.go.jp)新しいウィンドウが開きます

(Inquiries: Global Promotion Division, Student Affairs and International Strategy Department)

(担当:International Office)


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