Medical tourism to Japan

Established on October 1, 2010, Medical Tourism Japan Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Medical Tourism Japan") is the most famous enterprise in Japan's medical tourism industry, and it is also one of the three medical intermediaries officially designated by the Japanese government to be qualified to issue invitations for medical visas to Japan. In addition, the company is the only medical intermediary in Japan that can not only receive foreigners for medical examination and sightseeing, but also arrange foreign patients to go to Japan for treatment.

Materials required for Japanese medical visa processing

(1) For foreign patients who wish to receive treatment in medical institutions in Japan, please refer to the list of registered institutions (international medical exchange coordinators, travel agencies, etc.) recorded at the end of this article, and contact any of them to entrust them with medical treatment and other arrangements.

(2) Please confirm the acceptance of medical institutions through the body-element guarantee institution, and obtain the "reservation certificate of medical institutions and the body-element guarantee issued by the body-element guarantee institution" (please also obtain the treatment reservation form if necessary).

(3) When foreign patients apply for visas at Japanese embassies and consulates abroad, please submit the following materials. (Please submit the following 1 ~ 3 and 6. In addition, when foreign patients have to stay for more than 90 days due to hospitalization, the foreign patients must take the staff of the Japanese medical institution where they are hospitalized or their relatives living in Japan as agents, obtain the following 7 "Certificate of Qualification for Stay" from the Immigration Bureau of the Ministry of Justice, and submit it to the Japanese embassies and consulates abroad under their jurisdiction together with other submitted materials.

(1) Passport

(2) visa application form

(3) photos

(4) "Reservation certificate for medical treatment issued by medical institutions and identity guarantee issued by identity guarantee institutions"

(5) Materials (bank balance certificate, etc.) that prove that they have certain financial ability (Note: The submitted materials will be different according to the nationality of foreign patients, etc. For the specific submission materials, please check with the embassy or consulate general under the jurisdiction of your living area. )

(6) Copy of household registration book

(7) Temporary residence permit (only for applications where the registered permanent residence does not belong to the local jurisdiction)

(8) Certificate of Residence Qualification (when it is necessary to stay for more than 90 days due to hospitalization)

(9) "Treatment Schedule" (when it is necessary to visit Japan due to multiple treatments)

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In view of the consumption trend of China tourists, the Japanese tourism industry is also studying countermeasures and measures.

The reporter learned that "medical tour" is favored by more and more tourists from China, and tourism and medical institutions from all over Japan actively cooperate to launch various "medical tour" projects for tourists from China.

Ito Hospital, which mainly treats thyroid diseases, is located in the bustling streets of Omotesando Hills, Tokyo. In order to attract Japanese tourists and Chinese in China to seek medical treatment, Ito Hospital is specially equipped with free Chinese interpreters, and cooperates with local tourism agencies to provide medical services to Japanese tourists in need at any time. Matters related to medical visa to Japan

Source of reference: Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs-How to apply for a medical residence visa to visit Japan?

Source of reference: People's Daily Online's "medical tour" to China is gradually favored by Japanese tourists.