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Japan passport: where can you travel visa-free?
161 destinations with no prior paperwork out of 197 listed countries.
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- Visa-free
- Visa on arrival
- Electronic authorisation (eTA)
- E-visa
- Visa required
- Admission refused
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Visa-free (114)
- Albania
- Andorra
- Angola
- Antigua & Barbuda
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Austria
- Bahamas
- Barbados
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belize
- Bolivia
- Bosnia & Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Brazil
- Brunei
- Bulgaria
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- El Salvador
- Estonia
- Eswatini
- Fiji
- Finland
- France
- Georgia
- Germany
- Greece
- Grenada
- Guatemala
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Hong Kong SAR China
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Iran
- Ireland
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Kazakhstan
- Kiribati
- Kosovo
- Kyrgyzstan
- Laos
- Latvia
- Lesotho
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macao SAR China
- Malaysia
- Malta
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Micronesia
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Netherlands
- Nicaragua
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Palestinian Territories
- Panama
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- San Marino
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Seychelles
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- South Africa
- South Korea
- Spain
- St. Lucia
- St. Vincent & Grenadines
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- São Tomé & Príncipe
- Taiwan
- Tajikistan
- Thailand
- Trinidad & Tobago
- Tunisia
- Türkiye
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Vatican City
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
- Zambia
Visa on arrival (37)
- Azerbaijan
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Burundi
- Cambodia
- Cape Verde
- Comoros
- Djibouti
- Egypt
- Ethiopia
- Guinea-Bissau
- India
- Indonesia
- Jordan
- Kuwait
- Lebanon
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Maldives
- Marshall Islands
- Myanmar (Burma)
- Namibia
- Nepal
- Oman
- Palau
- Qatar
- Rwanda
- Samoa
- Saudi Arabia
- Sierra Leone
- Solomon Islands
- Sri Lanka
- Tanzania
- Timor-Leste
- Tonga
- Tuvalu
- Zimbabwe
Electronic authorisation (eTA) (10)
- Australia
- Canada
- Côte d’Ivoire
- Kenya
- New Zealand
- Papua New Guinea
- St. Kitts & Nevis
- Suriname
- United Kingdom
- United States
E-visa (21)
- Benin
- Bhutan
- Burkina Faso
- Cameroon
- Chad
- Congo - Kinshasa
- Cuba
- Equatorial Guinea
- Gabon
- Guinea
- Iraq
- Libya
- Mauritania
- Nigeria
- Pakistan
- Russia
- Somalia
- South Sudan
- Syria
- Togo
- Uganda
Visa required (15)
- Afghanistan
- Algeria
- Central African Republic
- Congo - Brazzaville
- Eritrea
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Liberia
- Mali
- Nauru
- Niger
- North Korea
- Sudan
- Turkmenistan
- Yemen
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Data last updated on 06/08/2026