Comprehensive Insurance for Students Lives Coupled with "Gakkensai"

Comprehensive Insurance for students lives coupled with "Gakkensai" is for international students, offering broad support to help the students spend their life in Japan without worries. Enrollment is only possible for those who have enrolled in "Gakkensai."

"Type A" covers injury, disease and compensation responsibility for damages when others are injured or possessions of others are damaged including your private life for 24 hours a day. If you need medical care to treat the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) in Japan, in principal, the expenses will be covered by public expenses.  If, however, students need to make a co-payment to insurance system such as National health Insurance, related to the treatment of Covid-19, it will be guaranteed by Comprehensive Insurance.

For further information, please see the pamphlet offered in English, Chinese and Korean languages.

Features of insurance

1. You can decide insurance period depending on the period of your study (On a monthly basis).
2. It includes out-of-court settlement negotiation service for personal compensation responsibility.
3. It covers injures as a result of earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and tsunamis.
4. "Type A" covers out-of-pocket medical expenses (enrollment in type A is possible only for those who have enrolled in National Health Insurance and whose period of study is over 3 months).
5. Rescuer expenses (if a student is hospitalized and a guardian comes rushing to the hospital).
6. Inquiries in English: you can send an e-mail in English to make inquiries and report the incidents.

Enrollment methods

Please fill out all the necessary information on a payment handling slip, and pay the insurance fee at the nearest post office (If you are not enrolled in "Gakkennsai," please get enrolled in it when you buy the insurance). Students at Ikarashi campus can get the payment slip at International Office; students at Asahimachi campus can get it at students' affairs section of your faculty or graduate school.

Inquiry contact about the insurance

Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co., Ltd. Inbound Futai-Gakuso Service Counter
*They accept inquiries both in English and Japanese.

【General inquiries】futaigakuso.inbound@tmnf.jp
【Incident desk】 insclaim.futaigakuso@tmnf.jp

Inquires contact: About pamphlet of the insurance

International office, Niigata University
【E-mail】 kokusai@adm.niigata-u.ac.jp