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■MHLW COVID-19 Vaccine Call Center(Every day including weekends and holidays)
・Domestic Calls：0120-761-770（Toll Free）
・From Overseas：（+81）50-3734-0348（Calls will be charged）
-English, Chinese, Korean, Portuguese and Spanish: 9:00-21:00（JST） ／ Thai: 9:00-18:00（JST） ／ Vietnamese: 10:00-19:00（JST）

■FRESC Help Desk (Monday-Friday 9:00-17:00)  PDF
・Domestic Calls：0120-76-2029（Toll Free）
-Vietnamese, Chinese, English, Korean, Spanish, Portuguese, Nepali, Thai, Indonesian, Filipino, Myanmar, Khmer(Cambodian), Mongolian, French, Sinhala, Urdu, Bengali

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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） 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. 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. Guide for who and how to receive the booster shots

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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.
 

• Multilingual Translations of Notifications and Prevaccination Screening Questionnaire

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.

・Human Rights Counseling in foreign languages

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-Pfizer Inc. (approved for people aged 12 years and older) ※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

-Pfizer Inc. (approved for children aged 5 to 11 years old)　※Learn more
Vaccine name: Comirnaty for 5 to 11 years old
Pharmaceutical approval: January 21, 2022
Vaccine type: mRNA vaccine

-Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited （Novavax Inc） ※Learn more (Japanese only)
Vaccine name: Nuvaxovid
Pharmaceutical approval: April 19, 2022
Vaccine type: recombinant protein vaccine


Click here for COVID-19 vaccination instruction of Pfizer, Moderna and Takeda in other languages

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• How to deal with side effects after COVID-19 vaccination

Myocarditis and Pericarditis after mRNA vaccine

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How to issue the paper and digital certificate

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• Page in Englsh
• Page in Japanese

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ワクチンを打（う）ってもらうときにあなたに質問（しつもん）すること
新型（しんがた）コロナワクチンを打（う）ってもらうときにあなたに質問（しつもん）することを、やさしいにほんごにしています。質問（しつもん）のこたえを、予診票（よしんひょう）に書（か）いてわたします。

説明書（せつめいしょ）
　新型（しんがた）コロナワクチンを打（う）ってもらうときの説明（せつめい）のための書類（しょるい）です。
・ファイザーという会社（かいしゃのワクチンについて
・モデルナという会社（かいしゃ）のワクチンについて


接種（せっしゅ）のおしらせ
新型（しんがた）コロナワクチンを打（う）ってもらうときのためのおしらせです。　　　
・外国人（がいこくじん）の方（かた）へ
・療育手帳（りょういくてちょう）（愛（あい）の手帳（てちょう））をおもちの方（かた）へ

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