VISA

December 10, 2024

Japan has reciprocal visa exemption arrangements with 71 countries and regions listed in the table below.

71 Countries and Regions for Visa Exemptions
Asia Europe
Brunei (30 days) Andorra
Indonesia (Note 1) Austria (Note 8)
Malaysia (Note 2) Belgium
Republic of Korea Bulgaria
Singapore Croatia
Thailand (Note 3) (15 days) Cyprus
Hong Kong (Note 4) Czech Republic
Macao (Note 5) Denmark
Taiwan (Note 6) Estonia
North America Finland
Canada North Macedonia
United States France
Latin America and the Caribbean Germany (Note 8)
Argentina Greece
Bahamas Hungary
Barbados (Note 7) Iceland
Brazil (Note 3) Ireland (Note 8)
Chile Italy
Costa Rica Latvia
Dominican Republic Liechtenstein (Note 8)
El Salvador Lithuania
Guatemala Luxembourg
Honduras Malta
Panama (Note 3) Monaco
Mexico (Note 8) Netherlands
Surinam Norway
Uruguay Poland
Oceania Portugal
Australia Romania
New Zealand San Marino
Middle East Serbia (Note 3)
Israel Slovakia
Qatar (Note 9) Slovenia
Türkiye (Note 7) Spain
United Arab Emirates (Note 3) (30 days) Sweden
Africa Switzerland (Note 8)
Lesotho (Note 7) United Kingdom (Note 8)
Mauritius
Tunisia
・Period of Stay

Machine-Readable Passport (MRP) in compliance with ICAO standards

(image 1) The identification data page with machine-readable passport data such as personal information

MRP in compliance with ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization) standards has certain individual information, which is able to be read by computer, entered on the identity page of the passport.

ePassport in compliance with ICAO standards

(image 2) The passport that show the ICAO standard IC passport mark is printed on the cover page.

ePassport in compliance with ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization) standards has IC chip that stores certain individual and biometric data including a digital image of the passport photograph. ePassport in compliance with ICAO standards has ePassport’s symbol on the front cover of the passport.


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