Japan passport

Japan passport

Rank #2 · Strength 204 destinations (visa-free + on arrival + eTA) · score 96.9

Citizens of Japan can reach 204 of 248 destinations without applying for a consular visa in advance — 165 visa-free, 29 visa on arrival and 10 eTA. Ranked #2 for passport strength worldwide.

165Visa-free
29Visa on arrival
10eTA
28e-⁠Visa
15Visa required

Visa-free (165)

Albania American Samoa Andorra Angola Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Bermuda Bolivia Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Bouvet Island Brazil British Virgin Islands Brunei Bulgaria Cayman Islands Chile China Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Colombia Cook Islands Costa Rica Croatia Curaçao Cyprus Czechia Denmark Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Estonia Eswatini Falkland Islands Faroe Islands Fiji Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia French Southern Territories Georgia Germany Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guernsey Guyana Haiti Heard Island and McDonald Islands Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland Iran Ireland Isle of Man Italy Jamaica Jersey Kazakhstan Kiribati Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lesotho Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macao Malaysia Malta Martinique Mauritius Mayotte Mexico Micronesia Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Netherlands New Caledonia Nicaragua Niue Norfolk Island North Macedonia Northern Mariana Islands Norway Oman Palestine Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Pitcairn Islands Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Romania Réunion Saint Barthélemy Saint Helena Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Martin Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa San Marino Senegal Serbia Singapore Sint Maarten Slovakia Slovenia South Africa South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands South Korea Spain Svalbard and Jan Mayen Sweden Switzerland Taiwan Tajikistan Thailand Tokelau Tonga Tunisia Turkey Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu Ukraine United Arab Emirates United States Minor Outlying Islands United States Virgin Islands Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vatican City Venezuela Vietnam Wallis and Futuna Western Sahara Zambia Åland Islands

Visa on arrival (29)

Bahrain Bangladesh Burundi Cambodia Cape Verde Comoros Egypt Ethiopia Guinea-Bissau India Indonesia Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Madagascar Malawi Maldives Marshall Islands Myanmar Namibia Nepal Palau Papua New Guinea Rwanda Saudi Arabia Sri Lanka Tanzania Timor-Leste Zimbabwe

eTA — electronic travel authorisation (10)

Australia Canada Israel Kenya Mozambique New Zealand Seychelles Suriname United Kingdom United States

e-⁠Visa — applied for online in advance (28)

Benin Bhutan Burkina Faso Cameroon Chad Cuba Côte d’Ivoire DR Congo Djibouti Equatorial Guinea Gabon Ghana Guinea Iraq Libya Mauritania Nigeria Pakistan Russia Sao Tome and Principe Sierra Leone Solomon Islands Somalia South Sudan Syria Togo Trinidad and Tobago Uganda

Visa required (15)

Afghanistan Algeria British Indian Ocean Territory Central African Republic Congo Eritrea Gambia Liberia Mali Nauru Niger North Korea Sudan Turkmenistan Yemen
Government sources by destination (246)

Each entry condition on this page is checked against the destination's own immigration authority.

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Entry conditions are drawn from destination-government sources (checked 2026-10-09). This is an independent index by Prosperous Intelligence™, not affiliated with any passport-ranking organisation. See Methodology.