(1) DPT-IPV-Hib (the 5 in 1) vaccination As of April 1, 2024, a combination of Diphtheria, Pertussis, Tetanus, Polio, and Hib containing vaccine (DPT-IPV-Hib, 5 in 1) has become a routine vaccination for babies. The DPT-IPV (the 4-in-1) vaccine was previously used but is now replaced by...
Vaccination Schedule Recommended by the Japan Pediatric Society as of May 19, 2025 Note： Making a Vaccination Plan Recommended vaccinations start at 2 months of age. Individual planning is important. Ask your pediatrician or public health nurse to help you. If you plan to leave Japan in...
You can download the English version of booklet of "Vaccination and Children's Health 2024" (予防接種と子どもの健康 Yobo-Setsyu to Kodomono-Kenko) at Foundation of Vaccination Research Center【財団法人予防接種リサーチセンター】 https://www.yoboseshu-rc.com/pages/8/ *In the middle of this page, you will find a lot of PDF files. The first PDF is the booklet in English (「英語本文」). In the list...
The natural immunity that a mother passes onto her baby starts to decrease soon after birth. A baby’s immunity to whooping cough and chickenpox, for example, is said to decrease naturally by the age of 3 months and measles by 1 year. After this period...
Before you make plan and reservation, please make sure what kind of vaccines are required when you go home. Do you know what kind of vaccinations are "recommended and required" in your country? If you don’t, then you must try to find out. You can find out...
Vaccinations given only at Public Health Centers in Sapporo City free of charge BCG vaccine : given once at 5 months (between the age of 5 months and 7) should be under 12 months of age. Routine Vaccinations given at hospitals and clinics of your choice Vaccinations are...
If you are moving to another country, you may need to show vaccination (also called "immunization") records for your child. You can make a request for the records in English at the health center at your local ward office in Sapporo. Fill out the record ...
1. Children's vaccination Please use the English-Japanese questionnaires below for your child when s/he is going to get vaccinated. Read the “Vaccination and Children’s Health 2024” (予防接種と子供の健康 Yobo-Setsyu to Kodomono-Kenko) first before filling out the form(s). The color of the questionnaire corresponds to each of the available...
Be sure to get your child vaccinated! Babies aged between 12 and 24 months for phase 1 and children between five years and six years for phase 2 can receive a combined measles-rubella(MR) vaccine. Eligibility for the phase 2 vaccination is the year before admission into...
As a result of the decline in the number of tuberculosis patients in North America and West Europe, BCG is no more provided in these areas. However, BCG is still one of the routine vaccines in Japan, because the number of tuberculosis patients ranks at...
Two types of rotavirus vaccines are available in Japan: Rotarix Babies aged 6-24 weeks* receive two doses orally, with a minimum interval of 27 days between doses. *Note that this age limit is strictly inclusive, meaning that babies younger than 6 weeks old or older than 24 weeks...
Your child can still receive routine vaccination even after he/she has passed the specified target age. If he/she had COVID-19 infection, have met a COVID-19 infected person closely and needs health monitoring, or he/she was restricted from going out, please let medical institution know. For...
Do you have plans to take your baby who is less than 5 months old to a country with a higher prevalence of tuberculosis (TB) disease than Japan? There is some information you need to know about the BCG vaccination for infants. Here is an...
If your child is between the ages of 12 and 36 months old, is living in Sapporo, has never had Mumps, and has not received the Mumps vaccination prior to Aug. 1, 2019, s/he can receive the Mumps vaccination at a subsidized rate. Designated healthcare...
Beginning October 1, 2016, children born after April 1st 2016 and are currently under 1 year of age are eligible for the Hepatitis B vaccination(HBV). The Hep B vaccination is required to be taken in three doses before the age of 1 year old. The first...
To find out which hospitals/clinics are offering the vaccine, please call your local hospital/clinic or check their homepage. Since some medical institutions require an appointment, please call in advance. Eligible age: 1 to 2 years (until the day before the child’s 3rd birthday)" Number of shots needed:...
Get to know the vaccination schedule in your country: It is very important to know your child’s vaccination schedule in your country. WHO is offering information of each country’s immunization schedules. Check the site “WHO Vaccine Preventable Diseases Monitoring System” http://apps.who.int/immunization_monitoring/globalsummary WHO World Health Organization...
What is Inactivated Polio Vaccine? 1. What are polio virus and poliomyelitis? Poliomyelitis is caused by polio virus which enters orally and establishes infection in the intestine. Reproduced polio viruses are excreted in the stool and infect others orally again. In most cases, infections have no...
Inactive Polio Vaccination services begin Starting in September 1 (Saturday) 2012, the previous type of polio vaccine which is Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) was changed to Inactivated Polio Vaccine (IPV). Therefore, the vaccinations will not be given in groups at health centers, but individually at designated medical facilities. Children from...