If you intend to stay in Japan for one year or longer, you should enroll in the National Health Insurance of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare. If you are coming to Japan on a short stay visa, we recommend that you purchase overseas travel insurance before your departure.
National Health Insurance
Those who enter and stay in Japan for one year or longer with a residence visa must enroll in Japan's National Health Insurance, unless they have some other type of health insurance. The insurance premium may vary according to the area you live in, but is approximately 20,000 yen or less per year. By using a national health insurance card at a hospital, you only need to pay 30% of whatever treatment you receive for injury or disease, with the remaining 70% covered by the insurance. The insurance also covers 70% of the cost for medicine, which you usually receive at a pharmacy after presenting a prescription issued by the hospital.
To enroll in the National Health Insurance, first you go to a ward office or a municipal office that is designated by your place of residence, complete the alien registration, and then apply for the National Health Insurance at the appropriate counter in the same office.
X-rays
If you are planning to take a course with duration of one year or longer, you need to undergo a chest X-ray examination for tuberculosis. Our school provides students with the opportunity to have an X-ray examination on campus (in a mobile X-ray car) four times a year. This examination is free of charge.
Restriction of Enrollment or Attendance Due To Infectious Diseases
Our school regards infectious diseases such as SARS and influenza as serious problems. To protect students from these diseases, we will enforce strict regulations such as the suspension of enrollment or attendance of the students with an infectious disease, according to the rules formulated under the School Health Law as needed.
X-rays
