East Asia
Healthcare and travel insurance in Japan
$3,638health spend per person
Healthcare in Japan
Excellent hospitals and clinics, but visitors without Japanese insurance pay full price and may be asked for deposits. English-speaking doctors are easiest to find in Tokyo and Osaka.
Key facts
- Travel insurance: not required for entry, but strongly recommended.
- Pharmacies: Drugstores everywhere, but many medicines need a pharmacist on duty; bring prescriptions and check import rules for medicines.
- Doctors: 2.6 per 1,000 people (2022, World Bank).
- Emergency: Police 110 · Ambulance 119 · Fire 119 · Tourist police 050-3816-2787.
Healthcare & insurance by place
- TokyoHealthcare & insurance
- KyotoHealthcare & insurance
- OsakaHealthcare & insurance
- HiroshimaHealthcare & insurance
- NaraHealthcare & insurance
- SapporoHealthcare & insurance
- OkinawaHealthcare & insurance
- HakoneHealthcare & insurance
- FukuokaHealthcare & insurance
- KawaguchikoHealthcare & insurance
- NisekoHealthcare & insurance
- YokohamaHealthcare & insurance
- KanazawaHealthcare & insurance
- TakayamaHealthcare & insurance
- NagoyaHealthcare & insurance
- NikkoHealthcare & insurance
Sources
- CDC Travelers' Health
- US State Department travel advisory
- Immigration Services Agency: Digital Nomad status
- Visit Japan Web (Digital Agency)
- Japan Tourism Agency: tax-free shopping
- Seven Bank: overseas cards at ATMs
- Speedtest Global Index: Japan
- World Bank open data
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