flying out of japan and returning..corona

[bryanc]

see the quarantine is being relaxed to 3 days for biz travellers! good news!

after returning to the airport -i understand you cannot use public transport-but is using own car acceptable to travel back home for quarantine?

Looks like that could happen this month. And new international students could be allowed in again.

I wonder how you prove it was business travel? Wear a suit and they confirm with the cabin attendants you worked feverishly* on a laptop throughout the flight?

You can take your own car or rent a car (or taxi) from the airport.

*Well. Maybe not feverishly...

starting from today it seems.however is this only for people coming from overseas?also ok for japan residents?

[Wales4rugbyWC23]

IN the good old Pre-Corona days, Permanent Residency visa holders did not require a re-entry permit, we left Japan and returned on the みなし再入国許可　Has there been a change to that due to Covid, and now we need to get a re-entry permit before leaving?

If you are a permanent resident you do not need a re-entry permit.

[bryanc]

if you are going to be out of the country over a yr ,you have to get permission though-valid for 5 yrs -5000yen maybe

[Moneymatters]

see the quarantine is being relaxed to 3 days for biz travellers! good news!

after returning to the airport -i understand you cannot use public transport-but is using own car acceptable to travel back home for quarantine?

Looks like that could happen this month. And new international students could be allowed in again.

I wonder how you prove it was business travel? Wear a suit and they confirm with the cabin attendants you worked feverishly* on a laptop throughout the flight?

You can take your own car or rent a car (or taxi) from the airport.

*Well. Maybe not feverishly...

starting from today it seems.however is this only for people coming from overseas?also ok for japan residents?

For business travel. Yes. OK for Japan residents leaving for business then returning.
However. It is, at least currently, incredibly onerous. After the strict 3 day quarantine, there needs to be a daily schedule showing all movements and someone needs to sign that it will be followed. How you'll move around, (I think no public transport), where you will eat at, etc.

[bryanc]

i see-where did you find the info on it?do you have to apply in advance or something??

[RetireJapan]

To count as business travel it seems your company will need to file paperwork showing purpose of trip, itineraries, what you are doing, etc. and have it approved by the government.

[TokyoWart]

I am currently on a business trip to the US and the new business trip procedure which limits the quarantine to 3 days is too impractical to use. It's incredibly poorly designed.

[Wales4rugbyWC23]

For those who have returned to the UK you could not have asked for a greater contrast- Although the documents (PCR tests result and vaccine certificate) are checked Japanese side before you fly back. They are not looked at afterwards. You really do fly through Terminal 2 at Heathrow especially with the immigration E-gates. Then again I do think restricting access to tourists and having a pretty stringent re-entry process with testing and quarantine has kept a cap on Corona case numbers in Japan.

[kuma]

For Hokkaido residents, the Finnair Helsinki-New Chitose flights are scheduled to restart on April 27th, which could be a gamechanger if the domestic travel restrictions are still in place.

https://portalfield.com/en/news/trip/2246854

Finnair flights to Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, and Fukuoka are also scheduled:

https://www.businesstraveller.com/busin ... mmer-2022/

[Viralriver]

For those who have returned to the UK you could not have asked for a greater contrast- Although the documents (PCR tests result and vaccine certificate) are checked Japanese side before you fly back. They are not looked at afterwards. You really do fly through Terminal 2 at Heathrow especially with the immigration E-gates. Then again I do think restricting access to tourists and having a pretty stringent re-entry process with testing and quarantine has kept a cap on Corona case numbers in Japan.

Could you expand on the restricting access to tourists - I assume you meant Japan restricting and not the UK? I booked a flight for me and my partner (not married, JP citizen) to go to the UK and hoping she won't be stopped on the way in!