In recent years, the environment surrounding overseas travel has become extremely risky due to the frequent occurrence of deteriorating security situations due to frequent suicide bombings overseas, large-scale natural disasters such as earthquakes and typhoons, and incidents involving university students.In order to have a safe and comfortable study abroad life, it is very important to check and gather information in advance about the latest overseas situation, safety and life at your destination.
Students and staff traveling abroad should read this page carefully, understand the various risks abroad, and prepare adequately.
1. Preparation before traveling
Advance preparation is essential to avoid troubles while traveling abroad.
Please make careful preparations, such as collecting information on the security of your travel destination, registering with public institutions such as Tabi-Regi, purchasing overseas travel insurance, attending a crisis management orientation before traveling abroad, and managing your money while traveling.
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→ Pre-departure preparation page
2. Crisis management during travel
When traveling abroad, you will find yourself in an unfamiliar environment.Acquire knowledge about crisis management, be prepared to protect your own life, and always act with an awareness of danger.
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→ Safety management page during travel
→ Preventive measures page to avoid trouble
3. Our university's initiatives
Our university implements the following measures and strives to establish a crisis management system for overseas travel.
① Implementation of risk management orientation before traveling abroad
At the Hirosaki University Office for International Relations, for students and faculty members traveling overseas, orientations are given by outside lecturers, and individual orientations are also conducted by staff members of the Office for International Relations.
② Formulation of a crisis management manual
In order to be able to respond appropriately in the event of an emergency when traveling abroad, the university has formulated the "International Exchange Crisis Management Response Manual" that stipulates pre-departure guidance, post-departure emergency response and contact system, etc.
→ International exchange crisis management manual
(XNUMX) Overseas student crisis management system OSSMA (OSMA)
(OSSMA = Overseas Students Safety Management Assistance)
At our university, we have introduced the Overseas Student Risk Management Service System (OSSMA) to prepare for troubles such as incidents and accidents at the destination when traveling abroad for study abroad, training, or other programs at our university.
By using OSSMA, you can receive assistance when traveling abroad that is not provided by overseas travel insurance.
For students studying abroad through study abroad programs (Hayabusa College, Taiwan training, etc.) recruited by the International Collaboration Headquarters, "Tobitate! Study Abroad JAPAN", and students taking the "Introduction to Overseas Training" course in the Department of International Horticulture and Agriculture, Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences, please contact OSSMA. Participation is mandatory. (You cannot subscribe for personal sightseeing trips, etc.)
*If you wish to join OSSMA for overseas travel other than the above, please contact the International Relations Headquarters Support Office at least one month before your travel.
OSSMA assistant service example
●EAJ (OSSMA Helpline) = Call center available in Japanese and English 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
●Responding to daily consultations (lost passport, etc.), safety confirmation (regularly/as needed)
●In the event of an accident or illness, dispatch of local response staff, hospital arrangements, transport arrangements, travel accommodation arrangements for parents, embassy liaison service, introduction of international lawyers, arrangement of interpreters.
●Transportation arrangements to Japan, dispatch of Japanese doctors and nurses, treatment of corpses
● Arrangements for receiving hospitals after returning home, support for insurance claims
OSSMA is an assistant service, not an overseas travel insurance.
In order to receive OSSMA's assistance service, it is a requirement that you have a separate overseas travel insurance.
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→ International Student Crisis Management System OSSMA website
Inquiries regarding crisis management for overseas travel by the university
Hirosaki University International Relations Office Crisis Management Section
Phone: 0172-39-3114 extension (3114)
E-mail: jm3114@hirosaki-u.ac.jp