Japan Travel Insurance

Currently, sales of Sompo Japan's "Travel Insurance to Japan" individual contracts are suspended.

Please consider the banner below, Viva Vida Medical Life "Medical Insurance for Foreigners".

VIVA VIDA! Up to 100% Coverage of Medical Fees at Reasonable Cost for Short-stay or Resident Foreigners in Japan

This is not Sompo Japan's travel insurance to Japan. It is a product of Viva Vida Medical Life.
Please note that it is different from the compensation contents below.

Travel lnsurance for Visitors supports your travel safely and securely with three services

approximately 800 allied medical institutions

We will smoothly guide you to approximately 800 allied medical institutions.

call center staff

Our call center staff with medical knowledge will interpret your message to the doctor.

cashless service

You can receive medical treatment on a cashless basis without having to pay an expensive medical treatment cost at the medical institution.

※ In some regions, we may not be able to arrange a medical institution where you can receive treatment on a cashless basis.

※ Depending on the case, costs such as a medication cost may not be covered by the cashless service.

This is an example of the cost of medical treatment

Convulsion/heat stroke

Approx.
¥700,000

Myocardial infarction

Approx.
¥2,800,000

Fracture of the right lower leg

Approx.
¥3,000,000

This is an example of the cost of medical treatment for your injury or iIIness during your stay in Japan.
Even if you have purchased travel insurance, you may have to pay the whole medical treatment cost in advance in cash as an out-of-pocket payment depending.

Characteristics

  • Characteristics of the product
    • You can purchase this insurance if the travel period is 30 days or less.

      * You cannot purchase this insurance if the travel period exceeds 30 days.

    • You can purchase this insurance regardless of whether the travel is for sightseeing or on business.

      * If the purpose of the travel is to receive medical treatment of an injury or illness or mitigate the symptoms, you cannot purchase this insurance.

  • Covers medical treatment cost incurred in Japan

    Outline of the coverage

    Insurance benefits for medical treatment cost The insured amount: 10 million JPY

    • The insurance covers a medical treatment cost or the like in cases where the customer received a doctor’s treatment in Japan for an illness*2 or injury that was suffered during the insurance term*1.

      * 1 The insurance term begins subsequent to entry to Japan.

      ※2 The insurance also covers a medical treatment cost or the like in cases where the symptoms of an illness that the customer developed before visiting Japan, and for which the customer had received a doctor’s treatment, were rapidly deteriorated and the customer received a doctor’s treatment in Japan.

    • The insurance covers the actual cost of medical treatment or the like with the upper limit of 10 million JPY.

    The above is an outline of the coverage. For details, see “Description of Important Matters."

  • Can receive medical treatment on a cashless basis

    In case of illness or injury, you can receive medical treatment on a cashless basis at our allied medical institutions.

    ※ This service can be used if the policy contract is valid.

    cashless
    1. In case of accident, call the Insurance Claim Call Center.
    2. The Call Center will reserve and arrange a nearby medical institution for you.
    3. Enter necessary information in the prescribed document at the medical institution, and receive medical treatment on a cashless basis.
    4. Sompo Japan Nipponkoa will pay the medical treatment cost to the medical institution.

    <Note>

    • Even if you call the Call Center for Cashless Treatment,the center may not be able to arrange a medical institution where cashless medical treatment is available depending on the area. In such a case, make an out-of-pocket payment of the medical treatment cost once, and later claim the insurance benefits using the insurance claim site.
    • At medical institutions in Japan, you may receive a prescription after medical treatment, and then need to purchase medicine at a separate pharmacy outside the medical institution. In doing so, you may need to make an out-of-pocket payment.
      In such a case, please pay the prescription charge to the pharmacy, and later claim the insurance benefits using the insurance claim site.

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