Types of Vaccination

  • Please check the list for the types of vaccines available at the Health Service Center.
  • Vaccines not on the list are not available.
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  • Please note that you will not be able to receive vaccines in the following cases.
  • you have a fever of 37.5℃ or higher
  • those who have not been vaccinated for a specified period of time after receiving a live vaccine or a new corona vaccine.
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  • To learn more about each vaccine
  • Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare: Immunization Information
  • National Institute of Infectious Diseases: Immunization Information
  • Please visit the above sitesIt is written in Japanese.
  • ■Vaccines available at the Health Service Center

  • ※ Vaccination may not be available subject to the vaccine distribution conditions.

    Target Diseases and Pathogens

    Remarks

    Hepatitis A

    Effective after 2 shots. Vaccinating with 3 shots provides long-lasting immunity.

    Hepatitis B

    An antibody test may be carried out 1-2 months after the third shot.

    Inactivated Polio vaccine

     

    Measles

     

    Rubella

     

    Measles-Rubella mixed

     

    Mumps

     

    Chickenpox

     

    Japanese encephalitis

     

    Rabies (before exposure)

     

    Tetanus Toxoid

    If you have completed the DPT vaccine, additional vaccinations should be given every 10 years since the last vaccination.

    Diphtheria-tetanus combined vaccine

     

    Diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis combined vaccine (DPT)

     

    Absorbed Diphtheria-purified Pertussis-tetanus-inactivated polio Combined Vaccine (DTaP-IPV)

     

    Influenza (seasonal)

    In principle, group vaccination only. Separate notification will be made when it becomes available.

    Meningococcal vaccine

     

  • ■The following vaccines are not available at the Health Service Center

If you would like a vaccine that is not available at our center Please visit the website of the Quarantine Station of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare to find an institution that offers the vaccinations.

Target Diseases and Pathogens

Remarks

Polio (live vaccine)

Regular vaccinations for people born between 1975~1977 are said to have been inadequate.

Diphtheria Toxoid

 

Yellow fever

Only quarantine stations or special medical institutions provide vaccinations.

Human papillomavirus

Public subsidies may be available. Please check with your local government.

Streptococcus pneumoniae

 

Haemophilus influenzae type b

 

Typhoid

There is no approved vaccine in Japan.

Tick-borne encephalitis

There is no approved vaccine in Japan.

Cholera

There is no approved vaccine in Japan.

Adult Triple Combined (Pertussis-Diphtheria-Tetanus) Vaccine (Tdap)

There is no approved vaccine in Japan.

COVID-19 vaccine

Separate notification will be made when it becomes available.