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Vaccination certificate
How to issue the paper and digital certificate
Call Center (Toll Free)
■MHLW Call Center: 0120-761-770 (Every day including weekends and holidays)
-English, Chinese, Korean, Portuguese and Spanish: 9:00-21:00 ／ Thai: 9:00-18:00 ／ Vietnamese: 10:00-19:00
■FRESC Help Desk: 0120-76-2029 (Monday-Friday 9:00-17:00) PDF
-Vietnamese, Chinese, English, Korean, Spanish, Portuguese, Nepali, Thai, Indonesian, Filipino, Myanmar, Khmer(Cambodian), Mongolian, French, Sinhala, Urdu, Bengali
How to get vaccine
Receive a “Vaccination voucher” and a “COVID-19 vaccine notification”
You will receive a “Vaccination voucher” and a “COVID-19 vaccine notification” from the municipalities.
※The costs of vaccination is free for all Japanese citizens and all eligible foreign residents in Japan.
（Image: sample of vaccination voucher）
Find available vaccination sites
You may find a medical institution or vaccination site for your COVID-19 vaccine from municipal website, newsletters and “Vaccine Navi” web in Japanese, Yasashii-Nihongo, English and Chinese. .
Make a reservation by phone or online
You will be able to make a reservation for your first vaccination dose by phone or online. “Vaccine Navi” web will help you to find the phone number and the online reservation sites. Please check the availability before making a reservation.
Booster Shots (3rd Dose)
Guide for who and how to receive the booster shots
At the vaccination site
Please show your vaccination voucher (without detaching any sticker), and your ID (residence card, driver’s license, or health insurance card etc.) at the reception. As you will have the injection to your shoulder muscle, please wear a T-shirt or other clothes that you can show your shoulder easily.
Consent to vaccination
Although we encourage all citizens to receive the COVID-19 vaccination, it is not compulsory or mandatory. Vaccination will be given only with the consent of the person to be vaccinated after the information provided. Please get vaccinated of your own decision, understanding both the effectiveness in preventing infectious diseases and the risk of side effects. No vaccination will be given without consent. Please do not force anyone in your workplace or those who around you to be vaccinated, and do not discriminate against those who have not been vaccinated.
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Available Vaccines
-Pfizer Inc. ※Learn more
Vaccine name: Comirnaty
Pharmaceutical approval: February 14, 2021
Vaccine type: mRNA vaccine
-Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited / Moderrna Inc. ※Learn more
Vaccine name: Spikevax Intramuscular Injection (previously COVID-19 vaccine Moderna Intramuscular Injection)
Pharmaceutical approval: May 21, 2021
Vaccine type: mRNA vaccine
-AstraZeneca PLC ※Learn more
Vaccine name: Vaxzevria
Pharmaceutical approval: May 21, 2021
Vaccine type: viral vector vaccine
Side Effects after vaccination
Rare Side Effects
Myocarditis and Pericarditis after mRNA vaccine
This is more common after the second vaccination than the first vaccination, and tends to be more common among younger people, especially men in their teens and 20’s. These symptoms have been reported more frequently in those who had received the Takeda/Moderna vaccine than the Pfizer vaccine in male adolescents and young adults. So, if you are a male in your teens or 20’s and have already reserved a Takeda/Moderna vaccine shot, you can still cancel and rebook a Pfizer vaccine.
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