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Observership Visits for Doctors and Researchers
update :November 2025
We accept doctors and researchers to share our expertise with the international oncology community.
Both of our hospitals are tertiary centers specializing solely in cancer care. The Research Institute, EPOC, and the Institute for Cancer Control are Japan's largest cancer research institutes, with top-level achievements, promoting industry-academia collaboration, and involvement in national cancer control programs.
Doctors and researchers specializing in cancer are likely to benefit most and are very welcome to contact us. Most visitors, after returning to their home institution, continue to collaborate with our doctors on international research projects.
| Eligible Candidates | Doctors and researchers specializing in cancer. Observerships at NCC are unsuitable for students, as medical education credits will not be awarded because of your visit and we’re unable to evaluate any visitors. |
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| Host |
Only one department/division accepts visitors at a time, so you may not visit multiple departments during a single visit. |
| Schedule setting |
The observership period is normally 5 to 90 days. Due to visa restrictions, you may only stay in Japan for up to 90 days. Please schedule your observership visit accordingly, considering flight arrangements. |
| Medical Practice in NCC |
As for observership visits in the hospitals, No hands-on training. Hands-in-pocket observation/shadowing only. Unless licensed by the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare, physical contact/consultation with patients is disallowed. |
| Fees | The Observership program is currently free. NCC does not provide financial support to cover travel expenses for visitors and cannot assist in finding financial support programs. Some known financial schemes (pdf:157KB) |
| Language | Japanese is dominant in NCC. The host department/division communicates with visitors in English. English proficiency, not only in reading and writing, but in verbal communication, is essential, i.e. IELTS Academic 6.0, TOEFL iBT 60 or equivalent. Reference PDF: English Proficiency Level – Comparison Table (pdf:140KB) |
| Immunity Verification | All visitors to NCC must submit certificates verifying their immunity for mumps, measles, rubella, and varicella. Certificates of vaccination(two dose for each) or qualitative antibody titer tests (EIA) are required. |
| Logistics |
Visitors are responsible for all travel/accommodation/insurance/living expenses. We regret that there are no dormitories for visitors. While Japan is a very safe place in general, please do watch out for your safety. Tsukiji campus: Hotel List (pdf:1,083KB), Accommodation Search (pdf:1,188KB) Kashiwa campus: Hotel List (pdf:1,002KB), Accommodation Search (pdf:1,053KB) |
| Certificate | Issued upon attendance completion (issued once only, for visits over 3 days). |
Application Process
NCC Observership Guidebook
Frequently Asked Questions
Links.
- Exemption of Visa (Short-Term Stay) (Link to External Site.)
- inquiry form (Link to External Site.)
- NCC Organigram_at_a_glance (Link to External Site.)
