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Information Regarding COVID-19: Vaccinations

Last updated　March 20, 2023

 

  1. Your city hall or town hall will send you an envelope. In this envelope, you will find a notification letter, a prevaccination screening questionnaire, and a vaccination ticket.
  2. Make a reservation by phone, etc. If you have difficulty making a reservation in Japanese, please call the COVID-19 Vaccination Appointment and Interpretation Hotline（コロナワクチン予約・接種電話通訳サービス） at 092-687-5006. Using this service, you can make a reservation in languages other than Japanese.
  3. Go to the vaccination site and get vaccinated.

 

A: Basic Information on Vaccination against COVID-19
▶ Vaccination is provided free of charge.
▶ Anyone who is a registered resident of a Japanese municipality is eligible.
▶ Vaccination is not mandatory.
▶ If you wish to be vaccinated, you must make a reservation.
▶ The date from which you can be vaccinated depends on the city or town in which you live, your age, etc.
　Please click here for more details.
▶ There are two types of vaccination sites.
　① Group vaccination: conducted at large facilities such as public halls and health centers.
　② Individual vaccination: conducted at hospitals.
　Which type of vaccination site you will go to depends on the municipality you live in.
　Please click here for more details.
▶ As of November 2022, the vaccines that are available are from Pfizer, Moderna and Takeda (Novavax).
▶ Detailed information on vaccines, issued by the government ↓

 

A-2：Regarding Booster Shots (3rd Dose and after)

  • Booster shots (3rd Dose and after) are available in Japan.
  • Anyone who is aged 5 years or older and a certain period of time has elapsed since their last vaccination is eligible.

＊Pfizer, Moderna   ：More than 3 months
＊Takeda (Novavax)：More than 6 months

  • You may get your third dose from a pharmaceutical manufacturer that differs from your primary vaccination (1st and 2nd Dose). 
  • Booster shots are either the Omicron strain-compatible bivalent vaccine from Pfizer and Moderna or the monovalent vaccine from Takeda (Novavax).
  • Booster shots will be stopped from May 7, 2023. After that, healthy people aged 12 to 64 will be able to receive booster shots from September 2023.

Reference：

 

A-3：Regarding Vaccine for Children (Aged 5 to 11 years old)

  • Children aged 5 to 11 years old can now be vaccinated as well.
  • Children who have been vaccinated more than 3 months after the primary vaccination (1st and 2nd Dose) may also receive a booster shot (3rd Dose).
  • The vaccine to be used is the Pfizer vaccine approved for children aged 5 to 11 years old.

Reference：

 
A-4：Regarding Vaccine for Infants and toddlers (Aged 6 months to 4 years old)
  • Infants and toddlers aged 6 months to 4 years old can now be vaccinated as well.
  • There are 3 doses for 1 set of vaccination.
  • The vaccine to be used is the Pfizer vaccine approved for infants and toddlers aged 6 months to 4 years old.

Reference：

 

A-5：Procedures for Vaccination　

▶ Documents to be sent to your address ( “Vaccination Voucher” etc.)

You will receive the documents for the vaccination from your local municipality, which  includes the Vaccination Ticket, Prevaccination Screening Questionnaire, Certificate of Vaccination, explanatory documents, etc. For the booster shots, the Vaccination Ticket, Prevaccination Screening Questionnaire, and Certificate of Vaccination documents may differ from the 1st and 2nd doses or may even be combined into a single document. (For example, the Vaccination Ticket may be attached to the Prevaccination Screening Questionnaire, or the Vaccination Ticket and Certificate of Vaccination may be printed on the same  document, etc.)

The envelope for booster shots may differ from your primary vaccination. Please check the pictures below.

Envelops that your local municipality will use to send you the documents for the booster shots

 

▶ Regarding the reservation

Reservations can be made only after you receive your “Vaccination Ticket”.

The reservation method may differ from the 1st and 2nd doses. Please check your city’s or town’s website or contact your municipality. If it’s difficult for you, please contact the Center for Multicultural Society in Saga

 

▶ Notes

If you moved to a different city or town after receiving your 1st and 2nd doses, you will not be automatically receive booster shots documents. You will need to contact your new local municipality yourself. If it’s difficult for you, please contact Center for Multicultural Society in Saga

 
B: Regarding the Notification Letter and Reservation
Click here

 

C: Hotlines for Consultations in Foreign Languages (If you are viewing this page on a smartphone, you can make a call by tapping a phone number)

　　　Available languages: Japanese, English, Chinese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish 9:00-21:00

　　　　　　　　Thai 9:00-18:00, Vietnamese 10:00-19:00

 

  • (Saga-ken) Medical Examination/Consultation Center　092-687-5535

　→　Please call this number when you think you might be infected with COVID-19. They will tell you 　　　what you should do.

　　　Business hours: 24hours a day

　　　Available languages: English, Chinese, Korean, Thai, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Tagalog, Nepali,

　　　　　　　　　　　　　 Portuguese, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Russian, Malay,

　　　　　　　　                 Burmese, Khmer, Mongolian, Sinhala, Hindi, Bengali (21 in total)

 

　→　Please call this number if you wish to know more about the safety of vaccines or about their  side           reactions.

　　　Business hours: 8:30-17:00

　　　Available languages: English, Chinese, Korean, Thai, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Tagalog, Nepali,

　　　　　　　　                 Portuguese, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Russian, Malay,

　　　　　　　　                 Burmese, Khmer, Mongolian, Sinhala, Hindi, Bengali (21 in total)

 

  • (Saga-ken) COVID-19 Vaccination Appointment and Interpretation Hotline　092-687-5006

​　→　Please call this number if you wish to make a reservation for your vaccination or if you wish to               use this interpretation service during the medical interview before you receive your vaccine.

​　　　Availability depends on the business hours of the reservation centers, medical institutions, or                     vaccination sites in each city or town.

　　　Available languages: English, Chinese, Korean, Thai, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Tagalog, Nepali,

　　　　　　　　                 Portuguese, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Russian, Malay,

　　　　　　　　                 Burmese, Khmer, Mongolian, Sinhala, Hindi, Bengali (21 in total)

　

 

D: Simple Japanese – Useful Phrases when Administering Vaccines 　*Click here↓

E: COVID-19 vaccination certificate
F: Others (Information for municipalities, medical institutions, etc.)
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