Travel Insurance

Our partner WorldTrips, a part of the Envisage Global Insurance Group, offers you reliable and comprehensive travel insurance for your stay in Japan. Their insurance package covers both medical and travel expenses. To find out more about their policy details, please download their brochure here. To organise your travel insurance policy, please fill out the form below at least 4 days before your desired insurance start date (ie. the date of your flight to Japan). It will calculate your policy total and transfer you to PayPal for secure payment.

Important note: The insurance plan on this page is offered at a special rate to Go! Go! Nihon students who are aged 49 or under. If you are not eligible for the special rate, please sign up using this page instead, and select that you are not a Go! Go! Nihon student.
Please note that you CANNOT purchase the WorldTrips insurance using either form if you have already entered Japan. The insurance can only be purchased outside of Japan before traveling.

Student visa and working holiday visa holders are considered long-term residents in Japan and will be required to join Japanese National Health Insurance (NHI). NHI covers 70% of your medical expenses when you go to the doctor or pharmacy. The remaining 30% you normally have to pay out-of-pocket.

Some schools have additional student insurance already included in the tuition fees, to help partially cover the remaining 30% of costs in case of some accidents or sudden, new illnesses that occur while you are studying in Japan. However, the policies tend to be limited, for example, mainly offering coverage for accidents that occur during school activities.

While the above insurances are available, we further recommend this insurance for those who want:

1. Broad insurance coverage, including theft/loss of luggage for the days of travel to and from Japan
2. Coverage for the period before NHI comes into effect by in-person registration at city hall
3. Coverage for their entire stay in Japan as someone ineligible for NHI, such as short-term students studying on a tourist/temporary visitor visa
4. Additional coverage by multiple insurance policies