text updated: 2020/07/18

text writing: Miduho Morita     translation and narration: Miho S.

Foreign residents will be allowed to re-enter Japan. This re-entry targets people who left Japan before April 2nd 2020, and re-entry will begin in August. Gradually there will be more foreign residents allowed to re-enter Japan.

First, foreign residents with permanent residency and spouses or children of Japanese nationals will be allowed to re-enter. Oversea students, educators, and expatriate employees will follow them. The Government is also discussing when people with other residential status can re-entry.

The permission of re-entry will start from countries and areas with fewer cases of COVID-19.

The re-entry requires a PCR test. Japanese Government is going to create new PCR test centers in international airports to increase the testing capability.

Please check further information which will be announced later.