Pre-Travel Flights From Japan To Start Nov. 6

Starting Nov. 6, travelers from Japan who can produce a negative COVID-19 test result 72 hours before arrival in Hawaii will be allowed to skip the state’s mandatory 14-day quarantine.

Japanese visitors will be the first international travelers to be able to participate in the state’s pre-travel testing program. The nucleic acid amplification tests must come from a “trusted testing partner” using tests that have been approved by both the state Department of Health and the Japan Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.

Here’s a full list of testing sites.:

Name	Prefecture	HP
Sapporo Higashi Tokushukai Hospital	Hokkaido	https://www.higashi-tokushukai.or.jp/
National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Center Hospital	Tokyo	http://travelclinic.ncgm.go.jp/index.html
St Luke’s International Hospital	Tokyo	http://hospital.luke.ac.jp/
Nishi-Shinbashi Clinic	Tokyo	https://www.tramedic.com/
Kameda Kyobashi Clinic	Tokyo	http://www.kameda-kyobashi.com/ja/
Tokyo Medical University Hospital	Tokyo	https://hospinfo.tokyo-med.ac.jp/
Mita Kokusai Building Clinic	Tokyo	https://www.mkb-clinic.jp/
Loco Clinic	Tokyo	https://loco-clinic.com/
Karada Internal Medicine Clinic	Tokyo	https://karada-naika.com/
T Care Clinic Hamamatsucho	Tokyo	https://www.tcclinic.jp/pc/
Shiba Kokusai Clinic	Tokyo	http://shibakoku-clinic.com/
CLINIC FOR Tamachi	Tokyo	https://www.clinicfor.life/tamachi/
CLINIC FOR Otemachi	Tokyo	https://www.clinicfor.life/otemachi/
Kameda Medical Center	Chiba	http://www.kameda.com/ja/general/
Shonan Kamakura General Hospital	Kanagawa	https://www.skgh.jp/
Travel Clinic Shin-Yokohama	Kanagawa	https://travelclinics.jp/
Fujita Health University Hospital	Aichi	https://hospital.fujita-hu.ac.jp/
Fujita Health University Bantane Hospital	Aichi	https://bantane.fujita-hu.ac.jp/
Fujita Health University Okazaki Medical Center	Aichi	https://okazaki.fujita-hu.ac.jp/
Nozaki Tokushukai Hospital	Osaka	https://nozaki.tokushukai.or.jp/
Yamasaki Family Clinic	Hyogo	https://yamasaki-family-clinic.com/

“Please feel free to safely visit our islands,” Gov. David Ige said during a press conference announcing the testing program.

Hawaiian Airlines, All Nippon Airways and Japan Airlines will begin flying a combined total of 10 flights a week between Hawaii and Japan. Additionally, Hawaiian expects to ramp its own flights up to nine a week with three flights each out of the Narita and Hanaeda airports in Tokyo and another out of Osaka., according to Avi Mannis, senior vice president of marketing for Hawaiian.

Ige said the state is pursuing similar pre-travel testing programs with other countries, including Canada.

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