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Japan visa requirements in 2026

What Japan's border demands, by nationality — 77 of the 202 nationalities we track can enter without a visa arranged in advance. Pick your passport below for your exact rules, fees and documents.

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Fiji — Embassy VisaTanzania, United Republic of — Embassy VisaWestern SaharaCanada — Visa Not RequiredUnited States — Visa Not RequiredKazakhstan — Embassy VisaUzbekistan — Embassy VisaPapua New Guinea — Embassy VisaIndonesiaArgentina — Visa Not RequiredChile — Visa Not RequiredCongo, The Democratic Republic of the — Embassy VisaSomalia — Embassy VisaKenya — Embassy VisaSudan — Embassy VisaChad — Embassy VisaHaiti — Embassy VisaDominican Republic — Visa Not RequiredRussian Federation — Embassy VisaBahamas — Visa Not RequiredFalkland Islands (Malvinas)Norway — Visa Not RequiredGreenland — Visa Not RequiredFrench Southern Territories — Visa Not RequiredTimor-Leste — Embassy VisaSouth Africa — E-VisaLesotho — Visa Not RequiredMexico — Visa Not RequiredUruguay — Visa Not RequiredBrazil — Visa Not RequiredBolivia, Plurinational State of — Embassy VisaPeru — Visa Not RequiredColombia — Embassy VisaPanama — Visa Not RequiredCosta Rica — Visa Not RequiredNicaragua — Embassy VisaHonduras — Visa Not RequiredEl Salvador — Visa Not RequiredGuatemala — Visa Not RequiredBelize — Embassy VisaVenezuela, Bolivarian Republic of — Embassy VisaGuyana — Embassy VisaSuriname — Visa Not RequiredFrance — Visa Not RequiredEcuador — Embassy VisaPuerto RicoJamaica — Embassy VisaCuba — Embassy VisaZimbabwe — Embassy VisaBotswana — Embassy VisaNamibia — Embassy VisaSenegal — Embassy VisaMali — Embassy VisaMauritania — Embassy VisaBenin — Embassy VisaNiger — Embassy VisaNigeria — Embassy VisaCameroon — Embassy VisaTogo — Embassy VisaGhana — Embassy VisaCôte d'Ivoire — Embassy VisaGuinea — Embassy VisaGuinea-Bissau — Embassy VisaLiberia — Embassy VisaSierra Leone — Embassy VisaBurkina Faso — Embassy VisaCentral African Republic — Embassy VisaCongo — Embassy VisaGabon — Embassy VisaEquatorial Guinea — Embassy VisaZambia — Embassy VisaMalawi — Embassy VisaMozambique — Embassy VisaEswatini — Embassy VisaAngola — Embassy VisaBurundi — Embassy VisaIsrael — Visa Not RequiredLebanon — Embassy VisaMadagascar — Embassy VisaPalestine, State of — Embassy VisaGambia — Embassy VisaTunisia — Visa Not RequiredAlgeria — Embassy VisaJordan — Embassy VisaUnited Arab Emirates — Visa Not RequiredQatarKuwait — Embassy VisaIraq — Embassy VisaOman — Embassy VisaVanuatu — Embassy VisaCambodia — E-VisaThailand — Visa Not RequiredLao People's Democratic Republic — Embassy VisaMyanmar — Embassy VisaViet Nam — Embassy VisaKorea, Democratic People's Republic ofKorea, Republic of — Visa Not RequiredMongolia — E-VisaIndia — E-VisaBangladesh — Embassy VisaBhutan — Embassy VisaNepal — Embassy VisaPakistan — Embassy VisaAfghanistan — Embassy VisaTajikistan — Embassy VisaKyrgyzstan — Embassy VisaTurkmenistan — Embassy VisaIran, Islamic Republic of — Embassy VisaSyrian Arab Republic — Embassy VisaArmenia — Embassy VisaSweden — Visa Not RequiredBelarus — Embassy VisaUkraine — Embassy VisaPoland — Visa Not RequiredAustria — Visa Not RequiredHungary — Visa Not RequiredMoldova, Republic of — Embassy VisaRomania — Visa Not RequiredLithuania — Visa Not RequiredLatvia — Visa Not RequiredEstonia — Visa Not RequiredGermany — Visa Not RequiredBulgaria — Visa Not RequiredGreece — Visa Not RequiredTürkiye — Visa Not RequiredAlbania — Embassy VisaCroatia — Visa Not RequiredSwitzerland — Visa Not RequiredLuxembourg — Visa Not RequiredBelgium — Visa Not RequiredNetherlands — Visa Not RequiredPortugal — Visa Not RequiredSpain — Visa Not RequiredIreland — Visa Not RequiredNew CaledoniaSolomon Islands — Embassy VisaNew Zealand — Visa Not RequiredAustralia — Visa Not RequiredSri Lanka — Embassy VisaChina — E-VisaTaiwan, Province of China — Visa Not RequiredItaly — Visa Not RequiredDenmark — Visa Not RequiredUnited Kingdom — Visa Not RequiredIceland — Visa Not RequiredAzerbaijan — Embassy VisaGeorgia — Embassy VisaPhilippines — Embassy VisaMalaysia — Visa Not RequiredBrunei Darussalam — Visa Not RequiredSlovenia — Visa Not RequiredFinland — Visa Not RequiredSlovakia — Visa Not RequiredCzechia — Visa Not RequiredEritrea — Embassy VisaJapanParaguay — Visa Not RequiredYemen — Embassy VisaSaudi Arabia — E-VisaCyprus — Visa Not RequiredMorocco — Embassy VisaEgypt — Embassy VisaLibya — Embassy VisaEthiopia — Embassy VisaDjibouti — Embassy VisaUganda — Embassy VisaRwanda — Embassy VisaBosnia and Herzegovina — Embassy VisaNorth Macedonia — Visa Not RequiredSerbia — Visa Not RequiredMontenegro — Visa Not RequiredTrinidad and Tobago — Embassy VisaSouth Sudan — Embassy Visa
Visa Not Required Visa On Arrival E-Visa Embassy Visa
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Andorra
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Bahamas
Barbados
Belgium
Brazil
British Indian Ocean Territory
Brunei Darussalam
Bulgaria
Canada
Chile
Costa Rica
Croatia
Cyprus
Czechia
Denmark
Dominican Republic
El Salvador
Estonia
Faroe Islands
Finland
France
French Southern Territories
Germany
Greece
Greenland
Guatemala
Honduras
Hong Kong
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Korea, Republic of
Latvia
Lesotho
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macao
Malaysia
Malta
Mauritius
Mexico
Monaco
Montenegro
Netherlands
New Zealand
North Macedonia
Norway
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Poland
Portugal
Romania
San Marino
Serbia
Singapore
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Suriname
Sweden
Switzerland
Taiwan, Province of China
Thailand
Tunisia
Türkiye
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States
Uruguay
Visa On Arrival 1
British Indian Ocean Territory
E-Visa 7
Cambodia
China
India
Mongolia
Saudi Arabia
South Africa
Tuvalu
Embassy Visa 115
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Belarus
Belize
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia, Plurinational State of
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cabo Verde
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Chad
Colombia
Comoros
Congo
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the
Cuba
Côte d'Ivoire
Djibouti
Dominica
Ecuador
Egypt
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Eswatini
Ethiopia
Fiji
Gabon
Gambia
Georgia
Ghana
Grenada
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Holy See (Vatican City State)
Iran, Islamic Republic of
Iraq
Jamaica
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kiribati
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Lebanon
Liberia
Libya
Madagascar
Malawi
Maldives
Mali
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
Micronesia, Federated States of
Moldova, Republic of
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nauru
Nepal
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Oman
Pakistan
Palau
Palestine, State of
Papua New Guinea
Philippines
Russian Federation
Rwanda
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
Sao Tome and Principe
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Sudan
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Syrian Arab Republic
Tajikistan
Tanzania, United Republic of
Timor-Leste
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Turkmenistan
Uganda
Ukraine
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
Viet Nam
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Compiled from official government sources and kept under continuous re-verification. Entry rules can change at short notice — always confirm with the official source before you travel.