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Shipping Pets to Japan from the USA

Shipping Pets to Japan. International Pet Travel Requirements for Japan.

Shipping Pets to Japan. Fun Fact: There are seven U.S. military facilities, including headquarters at Yokota Air Base in Tokyo.  U.S. Forces Japan troops total more than 50K in East Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Pacific Ocean, with the Navy and USMC as more than 73% of all military deployed to the area.

Microchip

Implant
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Before shipping pets to Japan, dogs and cats must be individually identified with an ISO microchip. If your pet has a different microchip implanted, please discuss it with your Pet Travel Specialist to confirm eligibility. A microchip must be implanted BEFORE the rabies vaccinations.

Rabies

Vaccination
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Japan requires for dogs and cats to be vaccinated against rabies at least TWICE or more AFTER the microchip implanting.  Pet must be at least 91 days old at time of first rabies vaccination.  The first rabies can be given same day AFTER microchip. A second rabies vaccination, more than 30 days after the first vaccination and before first vaccination expires, is required.

FAVN

Evaluation
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Dogs and cats must be evaluated for serum rabies antibody levels. Two USA laboratories are approved to report results accepted by the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan:  Kansas State University Rabies Laboratory and DOD Veterinary Food Analysis and Diagnostic Laboratory.  Results of the rabies titer test must be greater than or equal to 0.5iu/ml.  Wait periods exist between date rabies vaccination is given before a FAVN sample can be taken, and also 180 days between FAVN sample and date the pet enters Japan.  Results are valid for two years from date of sample.

Import

Permit
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Before shipping pets to Japan, the import permit must be completed by the IPATA agent in the destination country.

Health

Certificate
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Before shipping pets to Japan, Health Certificate must be signed by a USDA-accredited veterinarian and endorsed by the USDA within ten days of the dog or cat’s departure.

Recommended

Treatments
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Immunization: Japan recommends that the following immunizations be given to dogs and cats that are 91 days old or older 30 days before they arrive in Japan (within the vaccine immunization effectiveness period).

Dogs: distemper, contagious hepatitis (Adenovirus type II acceptable), parvovirus infectious disease trivalent vaccine (parainfluenza, leptospirosis, coronavirus)
Cats: feline viral rhinotracheitis, feline calicivirus, feline panleukopenia trivalent vaccine

Parasite

Treatment
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Japan recommends the following parasite treatments before departure (no more than 4 days before boarding):

External parasites: Treat with medicines effective against mites and fleas, and at the time of export have a clinical inspection to confirm that the animal is free from these parasites.
Internal parasites: administer medicine effective against nematodes and tapeworms

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C Kemp
5.0
November 21, 2022

When I moved from California to Texas, I sent my pets, Turbo and Duke, to Texas ahead of me. They stayed at The Pet Porters' beautiful location in Crowley. Jelena gave me updates and was very accommodating when I had to extend their stay. I had enough to worry about with my move, but I didn't have to worry about Duke and Turbo at all. The Pet Porters were excellent.

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Emilia Almkvist
5.0
November 11, 2022

The team at pet porters could not have been more helpful. My dog moved from Dallas to Sweden in September 2022 and even tho we had a few hiccups with the airline petporters looked after us all. Kept me up to date during my dogs flight, took him in as one of their own during boarding and overall lovely. Recommend 10/10. Thank you!

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Joseph Pizzimenti
5.0
October 27, 2022

Aloha, When you have a family of 6 (yes-six!) Aussiedoodles heading to Oahu from Texas, you MUST use the professionals at Pet Porters to navigate Hawaii’s stringent pet transport program! Jen and her team coordinated the entire process with minimal delays and even boarded our clan until airlines opened up for pet travel…… after nine weeks apart (waiting onTiters and temps to drop), we were reunited and the family is whole again! Mahalo Nui Loa and Thanks for the ride- Luna, Dida, Mercedes, Shadow, Leo and Kona

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Hervé Fehrenbach
5.0
October 4, 2022

Couldn’t have been happier to have worked with the Jelena from the Pet Porters! Our 11yo pitbull mix made it well to Germany and is enjoying his new home. We highly recommend working with the Pet Porters, saved us a lot of stress!

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Greg tzinberg
5.0
September 28, 2022

When my brother decided to move to Australia from Los Angeles one of his biggest concerns was his Bernice, his cat. We looked at many different pet courier services and decided on Pet Porters. We could not be happier with our choice. Jelena was with us at each stage, solving problems, keeping us in the loop and following through on the dozens of details. Now Bernice is here with us after a long process and journey, she has settled in beautifully and Phil is very happy!

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Becky & Jarom Wren
5.0
August 1, 2022

We moved cross country and had our dog relocated by Pet Porters. Jelena and Jen were great! Communication was frequent and helpful. Our dog was safe and happy and we loved getting pictures and updates as he road tripped to our new home. Their boarding facility is clean and spacious and we would definitely hire them again for help transporting or boarding our pup!

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Caleb Sherstad
5.0
July 30, 2022

A truly incredible service for people moving intercontinental and unable to move their pets themselves. Excellent communication the entire way and door-to-door delivery.

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Laura Fewell
5.0
July 7, 2022

Highly recommend! The owners are very trustworthy and caring, and always send cute and funny photos of our 4 fur babies having fun!

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Gary Tiedemann
5.0
July 6, 2022

We had been dealing with American airlines to transport our two larger dogs to El Salvador from Miami and I had a bad feeling about to situation. With our flight leaving in a week I found The Pet Porters online. I was put in touch with Jen on the Thursday, morning a week before our flight and by the end of the day she had the girls booked on a flight landing two hours after us in El Salvador. I can't thank her and her crew enough. I highly recommend them. Gary and Yvonne, Bonita Springs, FL.

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Amy Romero
5.0
June 27, 2022

The Pet Porters are amazing! Your pets are in great hands with them! They are professional, kind and knowledgeable. I really appreciated all of the updates and photos along the way and could relax knowing my pets were safe and in very capable hands. Highly recommend!

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When I moved from California to Texas, I sent my pets, Turbo and Duke, to Texas ahead of me. They stayed at The Pet Porters' beautiful location in Crowley. Jelena gave me updates and was very accommodating when I had to extend their stay. I had enough to worry about with my move, but I didn't have to worry about Duke and Turbo at all. The Pet Porters were excellent.

C Kemp November 21, 2022
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The team at pet porters could not have been more helpful. My dog moved from Dallas to Sweden in September 2022 and even tho we had a few hiccups with the airline petporters looked after us all. Kept me up to date during my dogs flight, took him in as one of their own during boarding and overall lovely. Recommend 10/10. Thank you!

Emilia Almkvist November 11, 2022
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Aloha, When you have a family of 6 (yes-six!) Aussiedoodles heading to Oahu from Texas, you MUST use the professionals at Pet Porters to navigate Hawaii’s stringent pet transport program! Jen and her team coordinated the entire process with minimal delays and even boarded our clan until airlines opened up for pet travel…… after nine weeks apart (waiting onTiters and temps to drop), we were reunited and the family is whole again! Mahalo Nui Loa and Thanks for the ride- Luna, Dida, Mercedes, Shadow, Leo and Kona

Joseph Pizzimenti October 27, 2022
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Couldn’t have been happier to have worked with the Jelena from the Pet Porters! Our 11yo pitbull mix made it well to Germany and is enjoying his new home. We highly recommend working with the Pet Porters, saved us a lot of stress!

Hervé Fehrenbach October 4, 2022
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When my brother decided to move to Australia from Los Angeles one of his biggest concerns was his Bernice, his cat. We looked at many different pet courier services and decided on Pet Porters. We could not be happier with our choice. Jelena was with us at each stage, solving problems, keeping us in the loop and following through on the dozens of details. Now Bernice is here with us after a long process and journey, she has settled in beautifully and Phil is very happy!

Greg tzinberg September 28, 2022
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We moved cross country and had our dog relocated by Pet Porters. Jelena and Jen were great! Communication was frequent and helpful. Our dog was safe and happy and we loved getting pictures and updates as he road tripped to our new home. Their boarding facility is clean and spacious and we would definitely hire them again for help transporting or boarding our pup!

Becky & Jarom Wren August 1, 2022
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A truly incredible service for people moving intercontinental and unable to move their pets themselves. Excellent communication the entire way and door-to-door delivery.

Caleb Sherstad July 30, 2022
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Highly recommend! The owners are very trustworthy and caring, and always send cute and funny photos of our 4 fur babies having fun!

Laura Fewell July 7, 2022
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We had been dealing with American airlines to transport our two larger dogs to El Salvador from Miami and I had a bad feeling about to situation. With our flight leaving in a week I found The Pet Porters online. I was put in touch with Jen on the Thursday, morning a week before our flight and by the end of the day she had the girls booked on a flight landing two hours after us in El Salvador. I can't thank her and her crew enough. I highly recommend them. Gary and Yvonne, Bonita Springs, FL.

Gary Tiedemann July 6, 2022
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The Pet Porters are amazing! Your pets are in great hands with them! They are professional, kind and knowledgeable. I really appreciated all of the updates and photos along the way and could relax knowing my pets were safe and in very capable hands. Highly recommend!

Amy Romero June 27, 2022
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It’s absolutely wonderful to have a company such as this to help with my relocation Thank you Pet Porters

Michael Devitt June 5, 2022
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The best friend your loved pet(s) will ever have. I've been using The Pet Porters to take care of my fur babies for about 4 years and would never use anyone else!!! The Pet Porters is the real deal - if I could give 100 stars, I would.

Jennifer Holtan May 21, 2022
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Jelena was outstanding! She is warm, friendly, funny and very knowledgeable about dogs. She transported our dog Miles from LA to Chicago, which took four days. She sent the most incredible photos of Miles at different sites across the country and kept in touch with us via text every few hours. We felt so comfortable with her taking care of Miles and we would absolutely recommend her. He had the best time! In fact, she is taking Miles on his next trip in a few months.

samantha wolinsky May 12, 2022
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Pet Porters moved my pet from Texas to Colombia and they were able to make the process simple and a nice experience for my dog. They took care of all the paperwork necessary and kept me informed during the whole process. Their local agents were also awesome, and we're able to accommodate to all my needs. I will definitely repeat with them if I have the need in the future. Thanks

We had a wonderful experience with Jelena and her team. I would highly recommend them to anyone making a complicated international move. They took care of every detail competently and quickly and were very reassuring throughout the entire process (we were completely stressed about the whole thing, and we really appreciated their calm and level-headed advice and quick responses to emails and messages). Thanks Jelena and team, we appreciate you very much!

Vanessa Peters April 21, 2022
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The pet porters went out of there way to make our move easy. .... my pups are very important and they were lucky to have the pet porters help the fly and travel safely to Germany. I would recommend the pet porters to anyone in a second. Thanks pet porters more than you know!!!

Devon Bullock January 22, 2022
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Our dogs were absolutely spoiled by this cross country transport. We received multiple texts a day with updates and pictures from various sites and play time. Our dogs saw Graceland, an Air & Space museum, and the Grand Canyon! The 2,700 mile trip was safe and fun. It also helps that the price was 20% less than the bigger company our relocation service directed us to.

Mike Brown January 13, 2022
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Helped us get our 75 pound staffy mix from Houston, Texas to Milan, Italy. Was very involved with the process and felt comfortable shipping him here! I would plan for the final quote being more than the initial just based on different circumstances that can happen.

Jazmin Zayas December 8, 2021
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If you need help moving your dog, I highly recommend The Pet Porters. We recently moved internationally and needed to get our two large dogs overseas. Jelena took care of all the details and made the trip as smooth as possible. Neither of my dogs had ever traveled like this before and they were treated like royalty. Through out the trip, i received photo updates about how they were doing and constantly knew were they were. Moving is stressful on it's own, add in moving dogs and I was overwhelmed. The Pet Porters took away all that stress and made it feel effortless. I highly recommend them!

Erin OLeary November 22, 2021
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Jelena was incredibly helpful and very responsive throughout the entire process. Our vet almost messed up in the end but Jelena sorted it all out.

Mannan Qazi November 17, 2021
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