Introduction
coronavirus disease 2019
DISEASE, CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019
Although international travel was greatly reduced for approximately three years due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in early 2020, it is expected to rebound to pre pandemic levels in a globalized and interconnected economy [International visitors can access information about disease prevention and its health care system if they need to receive any health care service [Our previousstudy found that only 18% (45 of 265) of overseas visitors had access to information about the Japanese health care system before coming to Japan [There are two main concerns related to the low level of health information accessed by overseas visitors to Japan. First, the majority of overseas visitors to Japan are young adults (a median age of 30–39 years) [Second, the usefulness of pretravel health information depends upon the dissemination method and content of the information [Developments in digital technology have resulted in changes in the provision of information in several languages and in various formats [We explored the effectiveness of a digital animation and digital game through intervention studies in stages. First, we developed a video animation of health care services based on our preliminary research [We tested a short-term intervention because a study showed that short educational videos can improve clinical skill acquisition for medical students [