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Your public health insurance policy, which pays 70% of your medical fees, expires on the last day of your contract. Coverage under the JET Programme Accident Insurance Policy ends on the day you return to your home country, or August 31st, whichever is sooner.
If you stay in Japan after finishing your contract, you will have to rely on the Accident Insurance Policy for medical emergencies. To make a claim, contact the "Sompo Japan English Hotline" on 0120-08-1572 in Japan, or you can call collect on 0081-3-3593-1572 if abroad. For further policy information, call CLAIR.
From the day you arrive in your home country you will have to make your own arrangementsfor health insurance as you will no longer be covered by either Japanese policy. If you plan to travel after your contract ends (in Japan or elsewhere) you are strongly advised to purchase separate healthcare/ theft and loss insurance.
Note:
If you give birth to a child (anywhere in the world) within 6 months of leaving JET, and you were enrolled in the health insurance system for at least a year, you maybe entitled to claim a 300,000yen one-off payment. You do not need to be in Japan to claim this.
