Children's Vaccinations (子どもの予防接種)
Children's Vaccinations (子どもの予防接種, kodomo no yobou sesshu)
Routine Vaccinations
Routine Vaccinations (定期予防接種, teiki yobou sesshu)
Your child's health is very important. Getting a vaccination will help prevent your child from sickness and disease.
- Once you receive a Pre-examination Questionnaire (予診票, yoshin hyou) in the mail, schedule your vaccinations as early as possible.
- These can be received for free if your child is within the appropriate age range.
List of Routine Vaccinations
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Vaccination Type |
Disease(s) Prevented |
Age Range |
When you will receive the Pre-examination Questionnaire |
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Rotavirus ロタウイルス |
Rotavirus gastroenteritis |
1 Shot: Between 6 weeks and 24 weeks
5 Shots: Between 6 weeks and 32 weeks |
During your child's first home visit, when you receive your "Sukoyaka Baby Booklet" |
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Hib (influenza type B) ヒブ (hibu) |
Bronchitis (気管支炎, kikanshien), meningitis (髄膜炎, zuimakuen), pneumonia (肺炎, haien), etc. caused by Hib (ヒブ, hibu) |
Between 2 months and 5 years |
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Pediatric Pneumococcal 小児用肺炎球菌
(shouniyou haienkyuukin)
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Otitis media (中耳炎, chuujien) bacterial meningitis pneumonia (肺炎, haien), etc. caused by pneumococci (肺炎球菌, haienkyuukin) |
Between 2 months and 5 years |
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Hepatitis B B型肝炎 |
Hepatitis B |
Before turning 1 year old
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DPT-IPV ・diphtheria ・pertussis ・tetanus ・polio 四種混合 |
Diphtheria (ジフテリア, jifuteria), pertussis (whooping cough) tetanus (破傷風, hashoufu), polio (ポリオ, porio) |
Between 3 months old and 7 years/6 months old |
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BCG |
Tuberculosis (BCG) |
Before turning 1 year old |
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Measles/Rubella Combined (Stage 1) 麻しん（はしか） 風しん (fuushin) 混合第1期 |
Measles (麻しん, mashin / はしか, hashika) and rubella (風しん, fuushin) |
Between 1 and 2 years |
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Measles/Rubella Combined (Stage 2) 麻しん（はしか） 風しん (fuushin) 混合第2期 |
During the last year of kindergarten / The one-year period right before starting elem. school (from Apr 1st to Mar 31st)
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Chickenpox 水痘（水ぼうそう） (suitou / mizu bousou) |
Chickenpox (水痘, suitou) |
Between 1 and 3 years |
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Japanese Encephalitis (Stage 1) 日本脳炎第1期 |
Japanese Encephalitis |
Between 6 months old and 7 years/6 months old |
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Japanese Encephalitis (Stage 2) 日本脳炎第2期 |
Between 9 and 13 years |
Sent out around May during the 4th grade |
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Combined Diphtheria/Tetanus (DT) 二種混合 |
Diphtheria (ジフテリア, jifuteria) and tetanus (破傷風, hashoufu) |
Between 11 and 13 years |
Sent out during around May during the 6th grade |
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Cervical Cancer Prevention 子宮頸がん予防 |
HPV (ヒトパピローマウイルス感染, hito papirōma uirusu kansen) and precancerous lesions |
6th year elementary to 1st-year high school girls who meet the age requirement |
If you wish to receive this vaccine, please contact the Health Center. |
- Moving to Kasama City
After moving to Kasama, you will receive a Kasama Pre-examination Questionnaire for the vaccinations that are still required, depending on your child's vaccination records.
Therefore, please remember to bring your Maternity and Child Health Handbook to the Health Center.
- Leaving Kasama City
You can only use your Kasama Pre-examination Questionnaire in Kasama City. When you move, please bring your Maternal and Child Health Handbook to the Health Center in your new city.
Optional Vaccinations
Optional Vaccinations (任意予防接種, nin'i yobou sesshu)
Flu-shots for Kids - Influenza - (小児インフルエンザ, shouji infuruenza)
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Age Range |
Available Aid |
Amount |
Time Period |
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Between 1 and 12 years old |
2 times |
¥1,000 per vaccine |
Every year (time period to be determined by the city) |
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From 13 years old through 3rd year of junior high school |
1 time |
Mumps (おたふくかぜ, otafukukaze)
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Age Range |
Available Aid |
Amount |
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Between 1 and 5 years old |
1 times |
¥3,000 per vaccine |
Contact: Health Center (Tel. 0296-77-9145)
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- 2021年3月15日
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