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Japan visa requirements by passport
74 passports can visit Japan without applying for a visa. Find yours below, then how to apply if you need a visa. 193 of 198 answers are checked at official sources; the rest are marked.
Visa-free 74
- 🇦🇩 Andorra90 days
- 🇦🇷 Argentina90 days
- 🇦🇺 Australia90 days
- 🇦🇹 Austria90 days
- 🇧🇸 Bahamas90 days
- 🇧🇧 Barbados90 days
- 🇧🇪 Belgium90 days
- 🇧🇷 Brazil90 days
- 🇧🇳 Brunei30 days
- 🇧🇬 Bulgaria90 days
- 🇨🇦 Canada90 days
- 🇨🇱 Chile90 days
- 🇨🇷 Costa Rica90 days
- 🇭🇷 Croatia90 days
- 🇨🇾 Cyprus90 days
- 🇨🇿 Czechia90 days
- 🇩🇰 Denmark90 days
- 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic90 days
- 🇸🇻 El Salvador90 days
- 🇪🇪 Estonia90 days
- 🇫🇮 Finland90 days
- 🇫🇷 France90 days
- 🇩🇪 Germany90 days
- 🇬🇷 Greece90 days
- 🇬🇹 Guatemala90 days
- 🇭🇳 Honduras90 days
- 🇭🇰 Hong Kong90 days
- 🇭🇺 Hungary90 days
- 🇮🇸 Iceland90 days
- 🇮🇩 Indonesia15 days
- 🇮🇪 Ireland90 days
- 🇮🇱 Israel90 days
- 🇮🇹 Italy90 days
- 🇱🇻 Latvia90 days
- 🇱🇸 Lesotho90 days
- 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein90 days
- 🇱🇹 Lithuania90 days
- 🇱🇺 Luxembourg90 days
- 🇲🇴 Macau90 days
- 🇲🇾 Malaysia90 days
- 🇲🇹 Malta90 days
- 🇲🇺 Mauritius90 days
- 🇲🇽 Mexico90 days
- 🇲🇨 Monaco90 days
- 🇲🇪 Montenegro90 days
- 🇳🇱 Netherlands90 days
- 🇳🇿 New Zealand90 days
- 🇲🇰 North Macedonia90 days
- 🇳🇴 Norway90 days
- 🇵🇦 Panama90 days
- 🇵🇾 Paraguay90 days
- 🇵🇪 Peru90 days
- 🇵🇱 Poland90 days
- 🇵🇹 Portugal90 days
- 🇶🇦 Qatar30 days
- 🇷🇴 Romania90 days
- 🇸🇲 San Marino90 days
- 🇷🇸 Serbia90 days
- 🇸🇬 Singapore90 days
- 🇸🇰 Slovakia90 days
- 🇸🇮 Slovenia90 days
- 🇰🇷 South Korea90 days
- 🇪🇸 Spain90 days
- 🇸🇷 Suriname90 days
- 🇸🇪 Sweden90 days
- 🇨🇭 Switzerland90 days
- 🇹🇼 Taiwan90 days
- 🇹🇭 Thailand15 days
- 🇹🇳 Tunisia90 days
- 🇹🇷 Türkiye90 days
- 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates90 days
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom90 days
- 🇺🇸 United States90 days
- 🇺🇾 Uruguay90 days
Visa needed: apply online 4
- 🇰🇭 Cambodia · not yet verified
- 🇲🇳 Mongolia · not yet verified
- 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · not yet verified
- 🇿🇦 South Africa · not yet verified
Visa needed 120
- 🇦🇫 Afghanistan
- 🇦🇱 Albania
- 🇩🇿 Algeria
- 🇦🇴 Angola
- 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda
- 🇦🇲 Armenia
- 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan
- 🇧🇭 Bahrain
- 🇧🇩 Bangladesh
- 🇧🇾 Belarus
- 🇧🇿 Belize
- 🇧🇯 Benin
- 🇧🇹 Bhutan
- 🇧🇴 Bolivia
- 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina
- 🇧🇼 Botswana
- 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso
- 🇧🇮 Burundi
- 🇨🇲 Cameroon
- 🇨🇻 Cape Verde
- 🇨🇫 Central African Republic
- 🇹🇩 Chad
- 🇨🇳 China
- 🇨🇴 Colombia · not yet verified
- 🇰🇲 Comoros
- 🇨🇬 Congo
- 🇨🇺 Cuba
- 🇩🇯 Djibouti
- 🇩🇲 Dominica
- 🇨🇩 DR Congo
- 🇪🇨 Ecuador
- 🇪🇬 Egypt
- 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea
- 🇪🇷 Eritrea
- 🇸🇿 Eswatini
- 🇪🇹 Ethiopia
- 🇫🇯 Fiji
- 🇬🇦 Gabon
- 🇬🇲 Gambia
- 🇬🇪 Georgia
- 🇬🇭 Ghana
- 🇬🇩 Grenada
- 🇬🇳 Guinea
- 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau
- 🇬🇾 Guyana
- 🇭🇹 Haiti
- 🇮🇳 India
- 🇮🇷 Iran
- 🇮🇶 Iraq
- 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast
- 🇯🇲 Jamaica
- 🇯🇴 Jordan
- 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan
- 🇰🇪 Kenya
- 🇰🇮 Kiribati
- 🇽🇰 Kosovo
- 🇰🇼 Kuwait
- 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan
- 🇱🇦 Laos
- 🇱🇧 Lebanon
- 🇱🇷 Liberia
- 🇱🇾 Libya
- 🇲🇬 Madagascar
- 🇲🇼 Malawi
- 🇲🇻 Maldives
- 🇲🇱 Mali
- 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands
- 🇲🇷 Mauritania
- 🇫🇲 Micronesia
- 🇲🇩 Moldova
- 🇲🇦 Morocco
- 🇲🇿 Mozambique
- 🇲🇲 Myanmar
- 🇳🇦 Namibia
- 🇳🇷 Nauru
- 🇳🇵 Nepal
- 🇳🇮 Nicaragua
- 🇳🇪 Niger
- 🇳🇬 Nigeria
- 🇰🇵 North Korea
- 🇴🇲 Oman
- 🇵🇰 Pakistan
- 🇵🇼 Palau
- 🇵🇸 Palestine
- 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea
- 🇵🇭 Philippines
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- 🇷🇼 Rwanda
- 🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis
- 🇱🇨 Saint Lucia
- 🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- 🇼🇸 Samoa
- 🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe
- 🇸🇳 Senegal
- 🇸🇨 Seychelles
- 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone
- 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands
- 🇸🇴 Somalia
- 🇸🇸 South Sudan
- 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka
- 🇸🇩 Sudan
- 🇸🇾 Syria
- 🇹🇯 Tajikistan
- 🇹🇿 Tanzania
- 🇹🇱 Timor-Leste
- 🇹🇬 Togo
- 🇹🇴 Tonga
- 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago
- 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan
- 🇹🇻 Tuvalu
- 🇺🇬 Uganda
- 🇺🇦 Ukraine
- 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan
- 🇻🇺 Vanuatu
- 🇻🇦 Vatican City
- 🇻🇪 Venezuela
- 🇻🇳 Vietnam
- 🇾🇪 Yemen
- 🇿🇲 Zambia
- 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
How to apply: Japan temporary visitor visa
For passports not on Japan's visa exemption list.
Apply before you travel through the Japanese embassy or consulate that serves where you live. For some nationalities applications go through accredited travel agencies or Japan's eVISA; the embassy that serves you says which.
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Documents
- Your passport
- What the Japanese embassy or consulate that serves you asks for
Source: mofa.go.jp ↗, read 10 November 2026.
Validity and stay
- Short-term stay: valid Set by the embassy, Set on the visa
Fee: Set by the Japanese embassy or consulate that serves you.
Processing time
The official source doesn't state a processing time, so apply well before you plan to travel.
Plan the trip to Japan
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Not travel advice. Rules change and the border officer decides; confirm at Japan's official sources before you travel. Updated 2026-11-10.