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Health Insurance System in Japan
All residents in Japan must be insured by either "Company's health insurance"which you can apply through your company, or "National health insurance" which you can apply through your municipalities. When you applied, an insurance card is issued to you and most of your hospital fees is covered by the insurance and you only pay a small portion of the fees when you have to be hospitalized due to injury or illness.
Your company applies the company health insurance when you are hired, and it covers yourself and your dependants.
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Note...Even if you are insured by a foreign student insurance or medical covered life insurance, or tourists accident insurance, you should apply a national health insurance. (Such insurance does not cover a doctor's treatment.) |
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