Eastern Asia
Eastern AsiaJapan visa requirements
Travellers from 74 of 198 countries can visit Japan easily: no visa, a visa at the airport, or a short online form.
What 198 passports need to visit Japan
Find your own passport in the list below for the exact rule.
- No visa needed74 of 198 passportsJust show your passport at the border.
- eVisa7 of 198 passportsApply on the official website.
- Visa needed116 of 198 passportsApply at the embassy or consulate.
- Not allowed to enter1 of 198 passportsEntry is closed to this passport.
Types of Japan visa
- Tourist entry4 optionsMany travellers can visit without a visa for 90 days. Some passports have shorter stays. Online visas and tourism visas issued through agencies are also available to eligible travellers.
- Transit permission2 optionsEligible travellers continuing to a third country may receive permission to enter Japan for up to 72 hours. Permission is limited to a designated area near the arrival port.
- Business entryA qualifying APEC Business Travel Card allows visa-free business visits of up to 90 days. A separate business visa application process is not described.
- Japan e-Visa5 optionsAn e-Visa is a visa issued online. Eligible residents can apply directly online or through an accredited agency. It allows one entry.
Find your passport
198 of 198 passports
- AndorraVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- ArgentinaVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- AustraliaVisa not requiredAustralia and New Zealand90 days
- AustriaVisa not requiredCentral Europe90 days
- BahamasVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- BarbadosVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- BelgiumVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- BrazilVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- BruneiVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia30 days
- BulgariaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- CanadaVisa not requiredNorth America90 days
- ChileVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- Costa RicaVisa not requiredCentral America90 days
- CroatiaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- CyprusVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- Czech RepublicVisa not requiredCentral Europe90 days
- DenmarkVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- Dominican RepublicVisa not requiredCaribbean90 days
- El SalvadorVisa not requiredCentral America90 days
- EstoniaVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- FinlandVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- FranceVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- GermanyVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- GreeceVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- GuatemalaVisa not requiredCentral America90 days
- HondurasVisa not requiredCentral America90 days
- Hong KongVisa not requiredEastern Asia90 days
- HungaryVisa not requiredCentral Europe90 days
- IcelandVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- IndonesiaVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia15 days
- IrelandVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- IsraelVisa not requiredWestern Asia90 days
- ItalyVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- LatviaVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- LesothoVisa not requiredSouthern Africa90 days
- LiechtensteinVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- LithuaniaVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- LuxembourgVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- MacauVisa not requiredEastern Asia90 days
- MalaysiaVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia90 days
- MaltaVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- MauritiusVisa not requiredEastern Africa90 days
- MexicoVisa not requiredNorth America90 days
- MonacoVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- MontenegroVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- NetherlandsVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- New ZealandVisa not requiredAustralia and New Zealand90 days
- North MacedoniaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- NorwayVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- PanamaVisa not requiredCentral America90 days
- ParaguayVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- PeruVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- PolandVisa not requiredCentral Europe90 days
- PortugalVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- QatarVisa not requiredWestern Asia30 days
- RomaniaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- San MarinoVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- SerbiaVisa not requiredSoutheast Europe90 days
- SingaporeVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia90 days
- SlovakiaVisa not requiredCentral Europe90 days
- SloveniaVisa not requiredCentral Europe90 days
- South KoreaVisa not requiredEastern Asia90 days
- SpainVisa not requiredSouthern Europe90 days
- SurinameVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- SwedenVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- SwitzerlandVisa not requiredWestern Europe90 days
- TaiwanVisa not requiredEastern Asia90 days
- ThailandVisa not requiredSouth-Eastern Asia15 days
- TunisiaVisa not requiredNorthern Africa90 days
- TürkiyeVisa not requiredWestern Asia90 days
- United Arab EmiratesVisa not requiredWestern Asia90 days
- United KingdomVisa not requiredNorthern Europe90 days
- United StatesVisa not requiredNorth America90 days
- UruguayVisa not requiredSouth America90 days
- CambodiaeVisaSouth-Eastern Asia90 days
- ChinaeVisaEastern Asia
- IndiaeVisaSouthern Asia
- MongoliaeVisaEastern Asia90 days
- Saudi ArabiaeVisaWestern Asia90 days
- South AfricaeVisaSouthern Africa90 days
- TuvalueVisaPolynesia
- AfghanistanVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- AlbaniaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- AlgeriaVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- AngolaVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- Antigua and BarbudaVisa requiredCaribbean
- ArmeniaVisa requiredWestern Asia
- AzerbaijanVisa requiredWestern Asia
- BahrainVisa requiredWestern Asia
- BangladeshVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- BelarusVisa requiredEastern Europe
- BelizeVisa requiredCentral America
- BeninVisa requiredWestern Africa
- BhutanVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- BoliviaVisa requiredSouth America
- Bosnia and HerzegovinaVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- BotswanaVisa requiredSouthern Africa
- Burkina FasoVisa requiredWestern Africa
- BurundiVisa requiredEastern Africa
- CameroonVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- Cape VerdeVisa requiredWestern Africa
- Central African RepublicVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- ChadVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- ColombiaVisa requiredSouth America
- ComorosVisa requiredEastern Africa
- CongoVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- CubaVisa requiredCaribbean
- DjiboutiVisa requiredEastern Africa
- DominicaVisa requiredCaribbean
- DR CongoVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- EcuadorVisa requiredSouth America
- EgyptVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- Equatorial GuineaVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- EritreaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- EswatiniVisa requiredSouthern Africa
- EthiopiaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- FijiVisa requiredMelanesia
- GabonVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- GambiaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- GeorgiaVisa requiredWestern Asia
- GhanaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- GrenadaVisa requiredCaribbean
- GuineaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- Guinea-BissauVisa requiredWestern Africa
- GuyanaVisa requiredSouth America
- HaitiVisa requiredCaribbean
- IranVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- IraqVisa requiredWestern Asia
- Ivory CoastVisa requiredWestern Africa
- JamaicaVisa requiredCaribbean
- JordanVisa requiredWestern Asia
- KazakhstanVisa requiredCentral Asia
- KenyaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- KiribatiVisa requiredMicronesia
- KosovoVisa requiredSoutheast Europe
- KuwaitVisa requiredWestern Asia
- KyrgyzstanVisa requiredCentral Asia
- LaosVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- LebanonVisa requiredWestern Asia
- LiberiaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- LibyaVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- MadagascarVisa requiredEastern Africa
- MalawiVisa requiredEastern Africa
- MaldivesVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- MaliVisa requiredWestern Africa
- Marshall IslandsVisa requiredMicronesia
- MauritaniaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- MicronesiaVisa requiredMicronesia
- MoldovaVisa requiredEastern Europe
- MoroccoVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- MozambiqueVisa requiredEastern Africa
- MyanmarVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- NamibiaVisa requiredSouthern Africa
- NauruVisa requiredMicronesia
- NepalVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- NicaraguaVisa requiredCentral America
- NigerVisa requiredWestern Africa
- NigeriaVisa requiredWestern Africa
- OmanVisa requiredWestern Asia
- PakistanVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- PalauVisa requiredMicronesia
- PalestineVisa requiredWestern Asia
- Papua New GuineaVisa requiredMelanesia
- PhilippinesVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- RussiaVisa requiredEastern Europe
- RwandaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- Saint Kitts and NevisVisa requiredCaribbean
- Saint LuciaVisa requiredCaribbean
- Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVisa requiredCaribbean
- SamoaVisa requiredPolynesia
- São Tomé and PríncipeVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- SenegalVisa requiredWestern Africa
- SeychellesVisa requiredEastern Africa
- Sierra LeoneVisa requiredWestern Africa
- Solomon IslandsVisa requiredMelanesia
- SomaliaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- South SudanVisa requiredMiddle Africa
- Sri LankaVisa requiredSouthern Asia
- SudanVisa requiredNorthern Africa
- SyriaVisa requiredWestern Asia
- TajikistanVisa requiredCentral Asia
- TanzaniaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- Timor-LesteVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- TogoVisa requiredWestern Africa
- TongaVisa requiredPolynesia
- Trinidad and TobagoVisa requiredCaribbean
- TurkmenistanVisa requiredCentral Asia
- UgandaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- UkraineVisa requiredEastern Europe
- UzbekistanVisa requiredCentral Asia
- VanuatuVisa requiredMelanesia
- Vatican CityVisa requiredSouthern Europe
- VenezuelaVisa requiredSouth America
- VietnamVisa requiredSouth-Eastern Asia
- YemenVisa requiredWestern Asia
- ZambiaVisa requiredEastern Africa
- ZimbabweVisa requiredSouthern Africa
- North KoreaAdmission refusedEastern Asia
Who can visit easily, by part of the world
For each part of the world: how many countries' travellers can come easily. Easy means no visa, a visa at the airport, or a short online form.
- Europe38 of 46 countries
- Americas18 of 35 countries
- Asia13 of 49 countries
- Oceania2 of 14 countries
- Africa3 of 54 countries
Questions
How many passports can enter Japan without a visa?
74 of 198 passports can enter without applying before travel.
What is the most common entry rule for Japan?
Visa needed: it applies to 116 passports.
Which passports need an embassy visa for Japan?
116 passports, including Pakistan, Nigeria, Bangladesh, Russia DR Congo, and 111 more.
Do India passport holders need a visa for Japan?
eVisa.
Do China passport holders need a visa for Japan?
eVisa.
Do United States passport holders need a visa for Japan?
No visa needed, for up to 90 days.
Do Nigeria passport holders need a visa for Japan?
Visa needed.
Do Pakistan passport holders need a visa for Japan?
Visa needed.
Do Brazil passport holders need a visa for Japan?
No visa needed, for up to 90 days.
Which region's passports have the easiest access to Japan?
Europe: 38 of 46 passports enter without applying first.
Reviewed by @snuck