Japan began allowing some foreign visitors, but not tourists, to enter Tuesday, with people from Taiwan entitled to reduced quarantine or a complete waiver under certain circumstances, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan.
To be eligible to enter Japan, people must first either be visiting for a short-term stay (less than three months) for purposes such as business and employment, or for a long-term stay, the ministry said. Tourists, however, are not eligible for now.
For Taiwanese individuals who can present valid vaccination records showing that they have had three designated COVID-19 vaccine shots, they will be exempt from the standard 7-day quarantine period, Japan’s foreign ministry said.
The first and second jabs which they have gotten must be Pfizer-BioNTech (BNT), Moderna, AstraZeneca, or Johnson & Johnson (one shot), the Japan-Taiwan Exchange Association, which is Japan’s de facto embassy in Taiwan, explained in a Facebook page. Taiwan’s domestically-produced Medigen vaccine is not included.
Meanwhile, the booster shot should be either BNT or Moderna, the association said, suggesting that those planning to visit Japan must bring their COVID-19 vaccination record, known as the “yellow card,” for airport checks.
For visitors who do not meet the vaccination requirements, they will have to either undergo a 7-day home quarantine, or a 3-day home quarantine if they can present a negative result of a voluntary PCR or rapid test, the association said.
Source: Focus Taiwan News Channel