Posted on February 09 2024

Japan Passport holders enjoy visa free access to 193 countries

By
Anshul Singhal
, Editor

Updated February 09 2024

Highlights: Japanese Passport holders can travel 193 counties without a visa

Japanese Passport allows you to visit 193 countries without a Visa.
Visa on arrival in 40 countries for Japanese Passport holders in 2024
Visit 10 countries with electronic travel authorization (eTA) with Japanese Passport in 2024
Go to 16 Visa Online countries with Japanese Passport in 2024

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The Henley Passport Index Ranking – Japan Passport

Japanese passport received a ranking of 3 on The Henley Passport Index. According to the Henley Passport Index, the more countries you can visit visa-free, the higher your passport ranking. You can visit 193 countries visa-free with a Japanese passport.

List of Japan passport visa free entry countries in 2024

Here is a list of countries which allow free entry in 2024 if you are Japan passport holder:

List of Visa free countries for Japan passport in 2024
Albania	Brunei	Finland	Israel	Monaco	Romania
Andorra	Bulgaria	France	Italy	Mongolia	Saint Kitts and Nevis
Angola	Cayman Islands	French Guiana	Jamaica	Montenegro	Saint Lucia
Anguilla	Chile	French Polynesia	Kazakhstan	Montserrat	San Marino
Antigua and Barbuda	Colombia	French West Indies	Kiribati	Morocco	Sao Tome and Principe
Argentina	Cook Islands	Gabon	Kosovo	Mozambique	Senegal
Armenia	Costa Rica	Georgia	Kyrgyzstan	Namibia	Serbia
Aruba	Croatia	Germany	Laos	Netherlands	Singapore
Austria	Curacao	Gibraltar	Latvia	New Caledonia	Slovakia
Bahamas	Cyprus	Greece	Lesotho	Nicaragua	Slovenia
Barbados	Czech Republic	Greenland	Liechtenstein	North Macedonia	South Africa
Belarus	Denmark	Grenada	Lithuania	Northern Mariana Islands	South Korea
Belgium	Dominica	Guam	Luxembourg	Norway	Spain
Belize	Dominican Republic	Guatemala	Macao	Palestinian Territories	St. Helena
Bermuda	Ecuador	Guyana	Malaysia	Panama	St. Maarten
Bolivia	El Salvador	Haiti	Malta	Paraguay	St. Pierre and Miquelon
Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba	Estonia	Honduras	Mauritius	Peru	St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Eswatini	Hong Kong	Mayotte	Philippines	Suriname
Botswana	Falkland Islands	Hungary	Mexico	Poland	Sweden
Brazil	Faroe Islands	Iceland	Micronesia	Portugal	Switzerland
British Virgin Islands	Fiji	Ireland	Moldova	Reunion	Taiwan
Tajikistan	Trinidad and Tobago	Turks and Caicos Islands	United Kingdom	Vanuatu	Vietnam
Thailand	Tunisia	Ukraine	Uruguay	Vatican City	Wallis and Futuna
	Turkey	United Arab Emirates	Uzbekistan	Venezuela	Zambia

Visa on arrival countries for Japanese Passport holders in 2024

Here is a List of countries which give visa on arrival for Japanese Passport holders:

List of countries with visa on arrival for Japanese passport holders,2024
Azerbaijan	Jordan	Qatar	Togo	Sierra Leone
Bahrain	Kuwait	Rwanda	Tonga	Solomon Islands
Bangladesh	Lebanon	Samoa	Tuvalu	Somalia
Burundi	Madagascar	Saudi Arabia	Zimbabwe	Sri Lanka
Cambodia	Malawi	Seychelles	Maldives	Tanzania
Ethiopia	Niue	Cape Verde	Marshall Islands	Timor-Leste
Guinea-Bissau	Oman	Comoros	Mauritania	Indonesia

List of electronic travel authorization (eTA) countries with Japanese Passport in 2024

Here is a list of electronic travel authorization (eTA) countries with Japanese Passport in 2024:

List of electronic travel authorization (eTA) countries with Japanese Passport, 2024
Benin	Cameroon	Djibouti	Iran	Papua New Guinea
Bhutan	Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Equatorial Guinea	Myanmar	Russia

List of Visa Online countries with Japanese Passport in 2024

Here is a List of Visa Online countries with Japanese Passport in 2024:

List of Visa Online countries with Japanese Passport , 2024
Benin	Cameroon	Djibouti	Iran	Papua New Guinea
Bhutan	Congo (Dem. Rep.)	Equatorial Guinea	Myanmar	Russia
Burkina Faso	Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast)	Guinea	Nigeria	South Sudan
Uganda

Countries that require Visa even if you have Japanese Passport

Here is a list of Countries that require Visa even if you have Japanese Passport

List of Countries that require Visa even if you have Japanese Passport in 2024
Afghanistan	China	Ghana	Nauru	Sudan
Algeria	Congo	Liberia	Niger	Yemen
Central African Republic	Cuba	Libya	North Korea	Mali
Chad	Eritrea	Gambia	Syria	Turkmenistan
Afghanistan	China	Ghana	Nauru	Sudan