{"id":1737,"date":"2026-04-24T02:49:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T02:49:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kishiwada.tokushukai.or.jp\/en\/?p=1737"},"modified":"2026-04-24T03:46:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T03:46:34","slug":"patients-from-overseas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kishiwada.tokushukai.or.jp\/en\/news\/patients-from-overseas\/","title":{"rendered":"Information for Patients Seeking Planned Medical Treatment from Overseas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\nThis page provides important information for patients who are planning to travel to Japan specifically to receive medical treatment at our hospital.\n<\/p>\n<h2>Before You Contact Us<\/h2>\n<p>\nFor planned treatment, please contact our hospital first.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nWe will review your case and arrange the necessary coordination if appropriate.<br \/>\nWalk-in visits for treatment planning are not accepted.\n<\/p>\n<h2>How to Arrange Treatment<\/h2>\n<p>\nPatients seeking planned medical care must contact our hospital directly in advance.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nOur team will review your case and determine the appropriate process.<br \/>\nCoordination will be arranged by the hospital only when necessary.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThis process ensures that your medical condition can be reviewed in advance and that appropriate scheduling can be made.\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/en\/international-treatment\/coordination-policy\/\">Please read our Coordination Policy before making any arrangements.<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<h2>Payment<\/h2>\n<p>\nFor patients traveling to Japan for planned medical treatment, all medical costs must be paid on a self-pay basis.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nTravel insurance cannot be used for planned treatment or for medical conditions that existed before traveling to Japan.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nIf a patient seeks to use travel insurance for planned treatment, our hospital may decline to provide treatment.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nPayment must be completed in advance before treatment.<br \/>\nDetails will be explained after your case has been reviewed by our hospital.\n<\/p>\n<h2>Contact<\/h2>\n<p>\nIf you wish to proceed, please start by contacting our international coordination team.\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/en\/contact\/\">Contact us here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This page provides important information for patients who are planning to travel to Japan specifically to receive medical treatment at our hospital. Before You Contact Us For planned treatment, please contact our hospital first. We will review your case and arrange the necessary coordination if appropriate. Walk-in visits for treatment planning are not accepted. How [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hospital-update"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kishiwada.tokushukai.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kishiwada.tokushukai.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kishiwada.tokushukai.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kishiwada.tokushukai.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kishiwada.tokushukai.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1737"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/kishiwada.tokushukai.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1737\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1743,"href":"https:\/\/kishiwada.tokushukai.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1737\/revisions\/1743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kishiwada.tokushukai.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kishiwada.tokushukai.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kishiwada.tokushukai.or.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}