Life Information
About medical care and accidents
Medical Care on Campus
On-Campus Clinics
Our clinics are mainly internal medicine, but also focusing on health consultation. Please feel free to get in touch and come to the clinics when you have any concerns. Your Student Card and National Health Insurance Card are required when you visit the clinics. Check the website for business hours.
On Campus Health Check-up
All students can take on campus health check-up every year during the guidance period. It is free of charge for regular student, so please make sure to take annually. Otherwise, you will not be issued a certificate for it, which might be required for scholarship applications and recruitment.
[Note] health check-up at private medical institutions will be expensive.
Insurance for your student life
National Health Insurance
All international students with residence status "Student" are required to enroll in the National Health Insurance.
The enrollment procedure is carried out at the insurance counter of the city or ward office. Please follow the prescribed procedures and receive your "National Health Insurance Card" (hereinafter referred to as the "Health Insurance Card"). If you accompany your family, please be sure to enroll every family member. At that time, you will need to present your alien registration card and pay insurance premiums.
There is a system for reducing insurance premiums for those whose income is recognized by the National Health Insurance Division as being less than a certain amount, so please consult with the National Health Insurance Division for details. You will be required to declare your living conditions for the previous year, and after the examination, the amount will be reduced if approved.
After enrollment, please be sure to bring your "insurance card" when receiving treatment at a medical institution in Japan. Then 70% of the total medical expenses will be covered by the insurance and your payment will be just 30%. In addition, if medical expenses become high due to hospitalization, you may be able to receive subsidies. Please contact the insurance counter of the ward or city hall where you live.
If your family member is a public servant or company employee in Japan and you are enrolled in a mutual aid association or health insurance as a dependent, you do not need to enroll in the National Health Insurance.
Student Education and Research Accident Insurance
In order to prepare for accidents during your education and research activities, this insurance is available for undergraduate and graduate students. This insurance pays out in the event that the insured person (student) suffers physical injury due to a sudden and accidental outpatient accident that occurs during the educational and research activities of the university in which the insured person (student) is enrolled.
The insurance covers injuries and accidents ("illness" is not covered) during regular classes, university events, extracurricular activities, university facilities, commuting to school, or traveling to extracurricular activities.
Please refer to the following website for an overview of insurance details and the departments that handle it.
Gakken Disaster Incidental Student Life Comprehensive Insurance
During the years of study, students might encounter accidents or fires. Accidents that occur during classes and on university premises can be covered by aforementioned “Student Education and Research Accidents Insurance”.
However, this insurance does not cover international students against accidents that occur during part-time jobs or any other troubles that students encounter while off the university premises. And students will have to limit their part-time work during the treatment of their injury.
Students might also encounter unexpected accidents, such as a fire or a water leakage, resulting in damaged apartments, boarding houses etc. In such cases, students will have to solve their own legal and financial problems.
Hosei university recommends ‘Gakken Disaster Incidental Student Life Comprehensive Insurance’ to cover these accidents.
However, this insurance may not necessary if you already are covered by other accident insurance, and that insurance sufficiently covers injuries and other troubles that may occur during your stay as a student in Japan.
Enrollment procedures are carried out every year. For more information, please follow the guidance of new academic year.
