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Here is the latest information from the US Embassy Tokyo. Be safe and stay healthy!

U.S. citizens can call the Office of Overseas American Services for the latest travel information.  The Office of Overseas American Services can be reached from 8:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time, Monday through Friday, by calling 1-888-407-4747 from within the U.S. or Canada, or by calling (202) 501-4444 from other countries.

• For information about H1N1 Flu, including steps you can take to stay healthy, please consult our website at:  http://japan.usembassy.gov/e/acs/tacs-swine-flu.html 
• The Department of State information at  http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/pa/pa_pandemic.html
• The Pandemic Flu website sponsored by the Department of Health and Human Services at www.pandemicflu.gov/; the United States Centers for Disease Control website at  http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/ 
• The World Health Organization website at  http://www.who.int/csr/disease/swineflu/en/index.html. 
• For additional travel safety information, please consult the Department of State’s website at www.travel.state.gov.  
• Tokyo Metropolitan Government also has a website to help foreigners find a hospital in case of injury or illness at http://www.himawari.metro.tokyo.jp/qq/qq13enmnlt.asp.

As reported in the media, the Japanese government is conducting health screening of inbound airline passengers from H1N1-affected countries, including flights from the United States.  Health screening teams are boarding arriving aircraft to consult with aircrew, collect health screening questionnaires, and screen for symptomatic passengers.  Depending on the findings of the health screening teams, some arriving passengers have been delayed several hours before being allowed to proceed through immigration and customs.