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Medical Resources in Japan

AMBULANCE: 119


Aichi
Akita
Aomori
Chiba
Fukuoka
Fukushima
Gunma
Hokkaido
Ibaraki
Iwate
Kagoshima
Kanagawa
Kumamoto
Miyagi (Sendai)
Miyazaki
Nagano
Nagasaki
Nagoya
Naha
Niigata
Oita
Okinawa

Contact our Consulate in Osaka-Kobe for medical information in that area..

Saga
Saitama
Sapporo
Shizuoka
Tochigi

Tokyo
General Hospitals (English speaking staff available)
Dental
Dermatology
Internal Medicine
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Ophthalmology
Opticians
Orthopedics
Pediatrics
Psychiatry / Psychology
Psychiatric Hospitals
Pharmacies
Other Hospitals

Yamagata
Yamaguchi
Yamanashi


The US Government assumes no responsibility for the professional ability or reputation of the persons or medical facilities whose name appear on the following list.


Follow this link for information on Importing or Bringing Medication into Japan for Personal Use


We also have specific information available on Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)



An alternate source of medical referrals is provided by the AMDA International Medical Information Center of Japan on their website at homepage3.nifty.com/amdack/english/E-index.html.

They also provide telephone help in English Monday through Friday between 9:00 AM and 5:00 PM. Call 03-5285-8088 in Tokyo, or 06-4395-0555 in Osaka.

Assistance in Chinese, Spanish, Korean and other languages is also available. AMDA can also help you with questions about the Japanese health insurance system.




For more information, including our phone and FAX number, please contact the office serving your part of Japan.

The U.S. Embassy and our Consulates are closed on both U.S. and Japanese holidays.

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