Japanese passport

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Japanese passports are issued to Japanese citizens to travel outside Japan.

Contents 1 Types 2 Physical Appearance 2.1 Identity Information Page 2.2 Passport Note 2.3 Language 3 Visa-free travel 3.1 Africa 3.2 Americas 3.3 Asia 3.4 Europe 3.4.1 European Union 3.4.2 Non-EU 3.5 Oceania 4 See also

[edit] Types

• Ordinary passport : Issued to normal citizens.
  • Ordinary passports are issued in two different lengths of validity: five and ten years. Japanese citizens up to 19 years of age can only be issued a five-year passport, while those who are 20 years of age or older can choose either a five-year (blue) or ten-year (red) passport for different registration fees.
• Official passport : Issued to members of the National Assembly and public servants.
• Diplomatic passport : Issued to members of the Imperial Family, diplomats and their family members and government high-level officials.
  • By convention, Japan's Emperor and Empress do not hold a passport.

All Japanese passports issued after March 20, 2006 are biometric passports.

[edit] Physical Appearance

Japanese passports have the Imperial Seal of Japan inscribed in the center of the front cover, with the Japanese word Nipponkoku Ryoken (日本国旅券) inscribed above and its English translation JAPAN PASSPORT below the Seal. Ordinary passports valid for five years are in dark blue, and those valid for ten years are in crimson in color. Additionally, official passports are in dark green, and diplomatic passports in dark brown.

[edit] Identity Information Page

• Photograph of passport holder
• Type
• Issuing country
• Passport number
• Surname
• Given name
• Nationality
• Date of birth
• Sex
• Registered Domicile
• Date of issue
• Date of expiry
• Issuing authority
• Signature of bearer

Also, beneath these is the machine readable zone.

[edit] Passport Note

The passports contain a note from the issuing country that is addressed to the authorities of all other countries, identifying the bearer as a citizen of that country and requesting that he or she be allowed to pass and be treated according to international norms. The note inside of Japanese passports states:

In Japanese:

日本国民である本旅券の所持人を通路故障なく旅行させ、かつ、同人に必要な保護扶助を与えられるよう、関係の諸官に要請する。

In English:

The Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan requests all those whom it may concern to allow the bearer, a Japanese national, to pass freely and without hindrance and, in case of need, to afford him or her every possible aid and protection.

[edit] Language

Japanese passports are entirely printed in both Japanese and English, except for the note of caution that is found at the end of the passport (e.g. on page 51 of the ten-year biometric ordinary passport), which is only printed in Japanese. This note contains information about what the bearer should know when encountering various situations in a foreign country.

[edit] Visa-free travel

According to a study done by Henley & Partners, Japan has a Henley Visa Restrictions Index of 128, which means that Japanese citizens enjoy visa-free access to 128 countries and territories. Japan is ranked 3rd in the study in terms of international travel freedom together with the United Kingdom, Italy and France. [1]

It is estimated that 186 countries and territories granted visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to ordinary Japanese passport holders. 152 (visa on arrival for free counted) countries and territories are visa-free accessible. Visa prior to arrival or pre-arrangement required for countries or territories not mentioned below. [2] [3]

[edit] Africa

Countries and Territories	Entry Rights
Botswana	90 days [4]
Cape Verde	visa issued upon arrival [5]
Comoros	visa issued upon arrival [6]
Djibouti	30-day visa issued upon arrival for DJF5,000 [7]
Egypt	30-day visa issued upon arrival for US$15 [8]
Ethiopia	3-month visa issued upon arrival for US$40 [9][10]
Kenya	3-month visa issued upon arrival for US$50 [11][12]
Lesotho	14 days [13][14]
Madagascar	90-day visa issued upon arrival for MGA28,000 [15]
Malawi	90 days [16]
Mauritius	6 months per year (tourist), 90 days per year (business) [17][18]
Mayotte	90 days [19]
Morocco	3 months [20][21]
Mozambique	30-day visa issued upon arrival for US$25 [22]
Namibia	90 days [23]
Réunion	90 days [24]
Saint Helena	visa-free access
Senegal	3 months [25]
Seychelles	1 month [26]
South Africa	90 days [27]
Swaziland	60 days [28]
Tanzania	visa issued upon arrival for US$50 [29][30]
Togo	1-month visa issued upon arrival for XOF10,000 ~ XOF35,000 [31]
Tunisia	3 months [32]
Uganda	6-month visa issued upon arrival for US$50 [33][34]
Zambia	visa issued upon arrival for US$25 (single), US$80 (multiple) [35][36]
Zimbabwe	3-month visa issued upon arrival for US$30 ~ 55 [37]

[edit] Americas

Countries and Territories	Entry Rights
Anguilla	3 months [38][39]
Antigua and Barbuda	1 month [40][41]
Argentina	90 days [42]
Aruba	180 days [43]
Bahamas	3 months [44]
Barbados	90 days [45][46]
Bermuda	6 months [47][48]
Bolivia	90 days [49][50]
Canada	6 months [51][52]
Cayman Islands	30 days [53]
Chile	90 days [54]
Colombia	90 days [55][56]
Costa Rica	90 days [57]
Dominica	6 months [58]
Dominican Republic	90 days [59][60]
Ecuador	90 days [61][62]
El Salvador	90 days [63][64]
Falkland Islands	3 months [65]
French Guiana	90 days [66]
Greenland	3 months [67]
Grenada	3 months [68][69]
Guadeloupe	3 months [70]
Guatemala	90 days [71]
Guyana	3 months [72]
Haiti	3 months [73][74]
Honduras	3 months [75]
Jamaica	30 days [76][77]
Martinique	90 days [78]
Mexico	180 days [79][80]
Montserrat	3 months [81]
Netherlands Antilles	14 days [82]
Nicaragua	90 days [83]
Panama	30-day Tourist Card issued upon arrival for US$5 [84][85]
Paraguay	90 days [86]
Peru	90 days [87]
Puerto Rico	90 days [88][89]
Saint Barthélemy	90 days [90]
Saint Kitts and Nevis	14 days [91]
Saint Lucia	6 weeks [92]
Saint Martin	90 days [93]
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	90 days [94]
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1 month [95]
Suriname	120 days [96][97]
Turks and Caicos Islands	30 days [98]
United States of America	90 days [99]
Uruguay	3 months [100][101]
Venezuela	3 months [102][103]
British Virgin Islands	30 days [104]
United States Virgin Islands	90 days [105]

[edit] Asia

Countries and Territories	Entry Rights
Armenia	21-day visa issued upon arrival for US$30 [106]
Azerbaijan	30-day visa issued upon arrival for US$100 [107]
Bahrain	14-day visa issued upon arrival for BHD5 [108][109]
Bangladesh	15-day visa issued upon arrival for US$50 [110][111]
Brunei Darussalam	14 days [112]
Cambodia	30-day visa issued upon arrival for US$20 (tourist), US$25 (business) [113]
People's Republic of China	15 days [114][115]
Republic of China (Taiwan)	90 days [116]
Georgia	90 days [117]
Hong Kong	90 days [118]
Indonesia	visa issued upon arrival for US$10 (7 days), US$25 (30 days) [119]
Iran	17-day visa issued upon arrival for US$50 [120]
Iraq (only Iraqi Kurdistan)	visa issued upon arrival (free of charge) [121]
Israel	3 months [122]
Jordan	visa issued upon arrival (free of charge) [123][124]
South Korea	90 days [125][126]
Kuwait	3-month visa issued upon arrival for KWD5 [127][128]
Kyrgyzstan	1 month [129]
Laos	15 days [130]
Lebanon	1-month visa issued upon arrival(free of charge) [131][132]
Macau	90 days [133]
Malaysia	3 months [134]
Maldives	30 days [135]
Nepal	60-day visa issued upon arrival for US$30 [136]
Oman	1-month visa issued upon arrival for OMR6 [137]
Philippines	21 days [138]
Qatar	21-day visa issued upon arrival for QAR55 [139][140]
Singapore	30 days [141]
Sri Lanka	30 days [142]
Tajikistan	Visa issued upon arrival [143]
Thailand	30 days [144]
Timor-Leste	30-day visa issued upon arrival for US$30 [145]
Turkey	90 days [146]
United Arab Emirates	60 days [147]
Vietnam	15 days [148][149]
Yemen	1-month visa issued upon arrival for YER10,500 [150]

[edit] Europe

Countries and Territories	Entry Rights
[edit] European Union
Austria	6 months [151][152]
Belgium	3 months in a half year [153][154]
Bulgaria	3 months in a half year [155][156]
Cyprus	3 months in a half year [157][158]
Czech Republic	3 months in a half year [159][160]
Denmark	3 months in a half year [161][162]
Estonia	3 months in a half year [163][164]
Finland	3 months in a half year [165][166]
France	3 months in a half year [167][168]
Germany	3 months in a half year [169][170]
Gibraltar	visa-free access [171]
Greece	3 months in a half year [172][173]
Hungary	3 months in a half year [174][175]
Republic of Ireland	3 months in a half year [176][177]
Italy	3 months in a half year [178][179]
Latvia	3 months in a half year [180][181]
Lithuania	3 months in a half year [182][183]
Luxembourg	3 months in a half year [184][185]
Malta	3 months in a half year [186][187]
Netherlands	3 months in a half year [188][189]
Poland	3 months in a half year [190][191]
Portugal	3 months in a half year [192][193]
Romania	3 months in a half year [194][195]
Slovakia	3 months in a half year [196][197]
Slovenia	3 months in a half year [198][199]
Spain	3 months in a half year [200][201]
Sweden	3 months in a half year [202][203]
United Kingdom	6 months [204]
[edit] Non-EU
Albania	1 month with entry tax : €10 [205]
Andorra	3 months (same as France and Spain) [206]
Bosnia and Herzegovina	90 days [207]
Croatia	90 days [208][209]
Faroe Islands	3 months (same as Denmark) [210]
Guernsey	visa-free access [211]
Iceland	3 months in a half year [212]
Isle of Man	visa-free access[213]
Jersey	6 months [214]
Liechtenstein	3 months in half a year (same as Switzerland) [215]
Macedonia	3 months [216]
Moldova	90 days [217]
Monaco	3 months (same as France and Spain) [218]
Montenegro	90 days [219]
Norway	3 months in half a year [220]
San Marino	90 days (same as Italy) [221]
Serbia	90 days [222][223]
Switzerland	3 months in half a year [224]
Ukraine	[225][226]
Vatican City	3 months in half a year (same as Italy) [227]

[edit] Oceania

Countries and Territories	Entry Rights
American Samoa	30 days [228]
Cook Islands	31 days [229]
Fiji	4 months [230]
Guam	15 days [231]
Kiribati	visa-free access [232]
Marshall Islands	30-day visa issued upon arrival [233]
Federated States of Micronesia	30 days[234][235]
New Caledonia	90 days [236]
New Zealand	3 months [237]
Niue	30 days [238]
Northern Mariana Islands	30 days [239]
Palau	30-day visa issued upon arrival for US$50 [240][241]
Papua New Guinea	60-day visa issued upon arrival for PGK100 (tourist), PGK500 (business) [242]
French Polynesia	90 days [243]
Samoa	60 days [244]
Solomon Islands	3-month visitor's permit issued upon arrival[245]
Tokelau	free cruising permit can be obtain in Apia, Samoa [246]
Tonga	31-day visa issued upon arrival (free of charge) [247]
Tuvalu	1 month [248]
Vanuatu	30 days [249][250]
Wallis and Futuna	90 days [251]
Australia	pre-arrival Electronic Travel Authority required [252]
Norfolk Island	same as Australia [253]

[edit] See also

• Foreign relations of Japan
• Japanese nationality law

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