VISA

61 Countries entitled for Diplomatic and Official Visa Exemption

Asia	Bangladesh (diplomatic passport holders only)	Mongolia (diplomatic passport holders only) (Note 2)
	Cambodia	Myanmar (diplomatic passport holders only)
	India (diplomatic passport holders only)	Republic of Korea
	Indonesia (30days) (Note 1)	Thailand
	Laos	Viet Nam
	Maldives
Oceania	Marshall	Papua New Guinea
	Nauru	Samoa
	Palau	Solomon Islands
Europe	Albania (diplomatic passport holders only)	Liechtenstein
	Austria	Luxemburg
	Azerbaijan (diplomatic passport holders only)	Moldova
	Belgium	Montenegro
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Netherlands
	Bulgaria	Poland
	Czech Republic	Romania
	Georgia (diplomatic passport holders only) (90days) (Note 3)	Slovakia
	Germany	Spain
	Greece	Switzerland
	Hungary	Turkmenistan
	Ireland	Ukraine (diplomatic passport holders only)
	Italy	United Kingdom
	Kazakhstan	Uzbekistan (diplomatic passport holders only)
	Kosovo	Vatican(diplomatic passport holders only)
	Kyrgyz Republic
Latin America and Caribbean	Bolivia	Panama
	Brazil	Paraguay
	Colombia	Peru
	Ecuador (diplomatic passport holders only)
Middle East and Africa	Bahrain	Qatar
	Morocco	Türkiye
	Oman	United Arab Emirates

• (Note 1) Japan and Indonesia have the diplomatic and official visa exemption arrangements for diplomatic or official passport holders since July 20, 2016. On reciprocal basis, visa is exempted for 30 days. Those who intend to stay for a period exceeding 30 consecutive days will be required to obtain a visa.
• (Note 2) Japan and Mongolia have the diplomatic visa exemption arrangements for diplomatic Passport holders since November 15, 2016. On reciprocal basis, visa is exempted for 30 days for Mongolian diplomatic passport holders who intend to stay as “Temporary Visitor”.
• (Note 3) Japan and Georgia have the diplomatic visa exemption arrangements for diplomatic passport holders since June 1, 2015. On reciprocal basis, visa is exempted for 90 days. Those who intend to stay for a period exceeding 90 consecutive days will be required to obtain a visa.

In addition to these countries above, diplomatic and official passport holders of the nationalities below (to whom visa exemption applies when using an ordinary passport) are also, on reciprocal basis, exempted from visa as temporary visitor. In this case, they will be granted the status of residence as "Temporary Visitor" at the landing inspection in Japan (not the status of residence as "Diplomat" or "Official"), and in principal, they are obliged to provide their personal identification information such as fingerprints and facial photo. The period of stay allowed will be "14 days" for Brunei, and "90 days" for other countries.

Asia	Brunei (14 days)	Singapore
	Malaysia
Oceana	Australia	New Zealand
Europe	Andorra	Malta
	Croatia	Monaco
	Cyprus	North Macedonia
	Denmark	Norway
	Estonia	Portugal
	Finland	San Mario
	France	Serbia (Note 4)
	Iceland	Slovenia
	Latvia	Sweden
	Lithuania
North America	Canada	The United States of America (Note 5, except for those who visit Japan for official purpose)
Latin America and the Caribbean	Argentina	El Salvador
	Bahamas	Guatemala
	Barbados (Note 6)	Honduras
	Chile	Mexico (Note 7)
	Costa Rica	Surinam
	Dominican Republic	Uruguay
Middle East and Africa	Iran (Note 8)	Mauritius
	Israel	Tunisia
	Lesotho (Note 6)

• (Note 4) For nationals of Serbia, visas are not required only for holders of ICAO-compliant ePassports. Those who do not hold such ePassport are requested to obtain a visa in advance, otherwise will be refused to enter Japan.
• (Note 5) For nationals of the United States of America who visit Japan for sightseeing or private purposes (not for official purpose) up to 90 days, visas are not required. However, for those who visit Japan for official purpose, visas will not be exempted even though the period of stay is within 90 days.
• (Note 6) For nationals of Barbados and Lesotho, visas are not required only for holders of a Machine-Readable Passport (MRP) in compliance with ICAO standards. Those who do not hold an MRP are advised to obtain a visa in advance as such travelers may be subject to strict examination and may be refused entry to Japan.
• (Note 7) Nationals of Mexico are normally granted visa exemptions with a period of stay allowed up to 6 months under the reciprocal visa exemption arrangements. Nevertheless, if a Mexican national wish to stay in Japan for more than 90 days, they are required to apply for an extension of the period of stay to the Ministry of Justice (Regional Immigration Bureau) before the period of permitted stay is to expire.
• (Note 8) Japan and Iran have the visa exemption arrangements for diplomatic, official and ordinary passport holders, but the visa arrangement for ordinary passport holders has been suspended temporarily since April 15, 1992. Hence only diplomatic and official passport holders of Iran are exempted from visa requirements as temporary visitor for 90 days.