System		Qualifications							Conditions
		university/college students	Other students	Trainees	Short-stay	Illegal saty	Permanent Residents
	National Health Insurance	O	*	*	*	X	O		Authorized Documents to certify over one year's stay.
	Social Insurance(general)	O	O	X	O	O	O
	Social Insurance(Immigration and Refugee Act)	X	X	X	X	X	O
	Health and medical Act for Aged	*	*	*	*	X	*		Need to subscribe to National Health Insurance or Social Insurance
	Tuberculosis Prevention Act	O	O	O	O	O	O
	Subsidy for Childbirth	O	O	O	O	O	O
	Accident Compensation Insurance for Labors	O	O	X	O	O	O
	Preventive Vaccination for Infants(Free of charge)	O	O	O	*	X	O		Alien Registration Necessary
	Livelihood Protection Act	X	X	X	X	X	O
	Disease and Death of Foreign Travellers Act	X	X	*	*	*	X		Travelling (Not employed nor in residence for a long period)
	Medical Assistance of Association of International Education, Japan	O	X	X	X	X	X
	Emergency Medical Assistance Fund of Waseda Houshien for Foreign Students	O	O	X	X	X	X
	Private Non-Life Insurance(general)	O	O	O	O	O	O
	Private Non-Life Insurance(Immigration and Refugee Act)	O	O	O	O	X	O
		O-Available		*-Available under certain conditions				X-Not Available

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