So I am a japanese returnee with poor reading skills, and I haven’t left Japan in a long time. But I recently have a need to leave for a short trip. What the hell is a japanese citizen supposed to do to speed up entry back into japan? That Japan Visit site that was necessary during covid-19 seems to still be running for expedited entry purposes, but the instructions are unclear on what order/ what needs to be done on the site for a japanese citizen returning. It feels like the japanese instructions are written for a japanese person walking a foreigner through through the system.
I guess I need a light walkthru of what a person leaving and coming back should be doing currently? Or should/can I do it the analog way and just fill out the two piece tag on exit like before and fill in the second half on entry as usual?
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You no longer need VJW for covid, but you can pre-register on it for digital customs check, this way you don’t have to hand-write the paper form in the airplane.
If you’re a citizen you obviously don’t need a re-entry permit or any other non-citizen stuff. Just exit/enter on your Japanese passport.
before the immigration exit on the right side there will be an automated gate – to the right of that a window
sign up for the automated immigration clearance at that window then use it for reentry, in my experience it is almost always faster