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How can foreign investors with residency in Japan but vaccine passports from EU return?

I have residency in Japan but my vaccine passport is from the EU. How can I reenter Japan? I’ve heard Japan is issuing its own vaccine passports from July 26. Would I need a new Japanese vaccine passport?

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Masahito Nakai

Nakai Immigration Services LPC

On Masahito Nakai answered:

There has so far been no information officially disclosed by the
Government of Japan about relaxation of entry for EU vaccine passport holders. Currently, everyone from the EU needs
a PCR negative certificate before boarding as well as COVID test again at the airport of entry and a 14-day isolation period, and so on. A Japanese vaccine passport will be issued late July; there is no information about whether or not
one can skip any quarantine for both, re-entry of foreigners and Japanese nationals returning to their home country.