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Planning an exciting city break in Tokyo? Exploring the temples of Kyoto? Travel insurance for Japan should be an important part of your holiday checklist. Japan is a trip of a lifetime, and should be remembered for the right reasons.
Things go wrong when we’re away more often than you might’ve realised. These problems can vary from a lost passport or stolen luggage, to a serious medical emergency needing to be flown home by air ambulance.
With the right travel insurance for Japan, you can relax on holiday knowing that if an emergency does crop up, you have our support.
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It’s important to keep up-to-date with travel advice before booking your trip and taking out holiday insurance.
Before you travel, you’ll need to check:
Important: FCDO travel advice and the traffic light system’s red, amber and green list are two separate pieces of advice. Find out more here.
From 19 July 2021, fully vaccinated travellers are not required to self-isolate when returning from amber list countries.
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Data covers 2005 to 2020When you’re off to Japan, you’ll want to enjoy your holiday comfortably, confident that you’re well covered by your medical travel insurance if you have a medical emergency.
You can declare your medical condition through our online medical screening process, which is a straightforward set of questions for us to understand how your medical conditions affect you. Or, if you prefer, you can complete the medical screening over the phone.
It’s important that all pre-existing conditions are declared on your policy. This will avoid large medical bills if you need treatment in another country. Failure to disclose any pre-existing medical conditions may affect the validity of your policy should you need to claim.
| Basic | Comprehensive |
|---|---|
| Medical emergencies and repatriation | |
| Up to £5 million | Unlimited |
| Cancellation | |
| Up to £500 | Up to £5,000 |
| Cutting your holiday short | |
| Up to £500 | Up to £5,000 |
| Baggage claims | |
| Up to £300 | Up to £2,500 |
| Cash lost or stolen | |
| Up to £250 | Up to £500 |
| Personal liability | |
| - | Up to £2 million |
| Legal protection cover | |
| - | Up to £25,000 |
| End Supplier Failure | |
| - | £3,000 |
| Excess | |
| £85-£100 | £65 |
Tailor your policy to suit your needs. Not all holidays are created equal, so you’ll want to tailor your policy to cover you properly.
Before you take out a policy with us, it’s worth thinking about the areas where you might need to upgrade your level of cover. Call us or get your quote online today.
| Basic | Comprehensive | |
|---|---|---|
| Medical emergencies and repatriation | Up to £5 million | Unlimited |
| Cancellation | Up to £500 | Up to £5,000 |
| Cutting your holiday short | Up to £500 | Up to £5,000 |
| Baggage claims | Up to £300 | Up to £2,500 |
| Cash lost or stolen | Up to £250 | Up to £500 |
| Personal liability | - | Up to £2 million |
| Legal protection cover | - | Up to £25,000 |
| End Supplier Failure | - | £3,000 |
| Excess | £85-£100 | £65 |
Tailor your policy to suit your needs. Not all holidays are created equal, so you’ll want to tailor your policy to cover you properly.
Before you take out a policy with us, it’s worth thinking about the areas where you might need to upgrade your level of cover. Call us or get your quote online today.
Healthcare isn’t free for tourists in Japan, and the cost of medical treatment can be high, so it’s important that you have proper cover in place.
If there’s a language barrier between you and the hospital staff, our emergency medical support team can provide translation services where needed.
For Annual Travel Insurance policies, choose ‘Region 3 - Worldwide’ to include Japan in your travel plans.
If you’re booking a one-off trip, you’ll just need to tell us you’re going to Japan.
Floods and earthquakes are common natural disasters in Japan.
Your travel insurance for Japan can only cover you if the area you’re travelling to experiences an earthquake, fire, flood, or hurricane that leads to the government issuing advice against travelling there.
Make sure you check the FCDO’s travel advice before you go on holiday and while you’re away. Your travel insurance will be made invalid and you won’t be covered for cancellation if it was public knowledge that your destination was unsafe to travel to when you travelled.
Whenever you need us, our 24/7 claims team is here for you.
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If the country you are in or travelling to changes from Green to Amber and you want to cancel or cut your trip short, any costs incurred or elements of the trip that are lost will not be covered by our policy. You should contact your airline, tour operator, accommodation provider, or other carriers to enquire about refunds, or about changing your travel plans.
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