①In the case of disease or any other accident which requires emergency landing of a foreign national aboard a vessel or aircraft for the purpose of medical treatment, an immigration inspector may grant permission for emergency landing to the foreign national based on an application by the captain of the vessel or aircraft or the carrier who operates the vessel or aircraft until the grounds cease to exist, subject to a medical examination by a physician designated by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare or the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency.

②If the immigration inspector finds it necessary for an examination pertaining to the permission set forth in the preceding paragraph, the inspector may require the foreign national to provide their personal identification information in an electronic or magnetic means, pursuant to the provisions of Ministry of Justice Order.

③In granting the permission set forth in paragraph (1), the immigration inspector must issue an emergency landing permit to the foreign national.

④If the permission set forth in paragraph (1) is granted, the captain of the vessel or aircraft or the carrier set forth in the same paragraph must pay the living expenses, medical treatment expenses, and funeral expenses and any other expenses incurred during the emergency landing period for the person granted emergency landing permission.