VISA

April 2, 2023

Japan has taken measures on the visa exemption arrangements for 69 countries/regions as shown in the chart below.

69 Countries and Regions for Visa Exemptions
Asia Europe
Brunei (14 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
Chile Ireland (Note 8)
Costa Rica Italy
Dominican Republic Latvia
El Salvador Liechtenstein (Note 8)
Guatemala Lithuania
Honduras Luxembourg
Mexico (Note 8) Malta
Surinam Monaco
Uruguay Netherlands
Oceania Norway
Australia Poland
New Zealand Portugal
Middle East Romania
Israel San Marino
Qatar (Note 9) Serbia (Note 3)
Turkey (Note 7) Slovakia
United Arab Emirates (Note 3) (30 days) Slovenia
Africa Spain
Lesotho (Note 7) Sweden
Mauritius Switzerland (Note 8)
Tunisia United Kingdom (Note 8)
・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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