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Where can Japan passport holders travel?

Every destination for holders of an ordinary passport of Japan: visa free, visa on arrival, e visa, ETA or a visa from the embassy, with the days where known.

Visa free

115

Visa on arrival

36

E visa

21

ETA

11

Azerbaijan flagCitizens of Japan do not need a visa for Azerbaijan: up to 30 days per entry, for now. This visa free window is temporary and ends on July 1, 2027. After that: e visa.Full page

Visa free

115 countries
  • Albania flagAlbania90 days
  • Andorra flagAndorra90 days
  • Angola flagAngola30 days
  • Antigua & Barbuda flagAntigua & Barbuda180 days
  • Argentina flagArgentina90 days
  • Armenia flagArmenia180 days
  • Austria flagAustria90 days
  • Azerbaijan flagAzerbaijan30 days
  • Bahamas flagBahamas90 days
  • Barbados flagBarbados90 days
  • Belarus flagBelarus30 days
  • Belgium flagBelgium90 days
  • Belize flagBelize90 days
  • Bolivia flagBolivia90 days
  • Bosnia & Herzegovina flagBosnia & Herzegovina90 days
  • Botswana flagBotswana90 days
  • Brazil flagBrazil90 days
  • Brunei flagBrunei30 days
  • Bulgaria flagBulgaria90 days
  • Chile flagChile90 days
  • China flagChina30 days
  • Colombia flagColombia90 days
  • Costa Rica flagCosta Rica180 days
  • Croatia flagCroatia90 days
  • Cyprus flagCyprus90 days
  • Czechia flagCzechia90 days
  • Denmark flagDenmark90 days
  • Dominica flagDominica180 days
  • Dominican Republic flagDominican Republic30 days
  • Ecuador flagEcuador90 days
  • El Salvador flagEl Salvador180 days
  • Estonia flagEstonia90 days
  • Eswatini flagEswatini30 days
  • Fiji flagFiji120 days
  • Finland flagFinland90 days
  • France flagFrance90 days
  • Georgia flagGeorgia360 days
  • Germany flagGermany90 days
  • Greece flagGreece90 days
  • Grenada flagGrenada90 days
  • Guatemala flagGuatemala90 days
  • Guyana flagGuyana90 days
  • Haiti flagHaiti90 days
  • Honduras flagHonduras90 days
  • Hong Kong SAR China flagHong Kong SAR China90 days
  • Hungary flagHungary90 days
  • Iceland flagIceland90 days
  • Iran flagIran15 days
  • Ireland flagIreland90 days
  • Italy flagItaly90 days
  • Jamaica flagJamaica30 days
  • Kazakhstan flagKazakhstan30 days
  • Kiribati flagKiribati90 days
  • Kosovo flagKosovo90 days
  • Kyrgyzstan flagKyrgyzstan60 days
  • Laos flagLaos15 days
  • Latvia flagLatvia90 days
  • Lesotho flagLesotho90 days
  • Liechtenstein flagLiechtenstein90 days
  • Lithuania flagLithuania90 days
  • Luxembourg flagLuxembourg90 days
  • Macao SAR China flagMacao SAR China90 days
  • Malaysia flagMalaysia90 days
  • Malta flagMalta90 days
  • Mauritius flagMauritius90 days
  • Mexico flagMexico180 days
  • Micronesia flagMicronesia30 days
  • Moldova flagMoldova90 days
  • Monaco flagMonaco90 days
  • Mongolia flagMongolia30 days
  • Montenegro flagMontenegro90 days
  • Morocco flagMorocco90 days
  • Mozambique flagMozambique30 days
  • Netherlands flagNetherlands90 days
  • Nicaragua flagNicaragua90 days
  • North Macedonia flagNorth Macedonia90 days
  • Norway flagNorway90 days
  • Palestinian Territories flagPalestinian Territories
  • Panama flagPanama90 days
  • Paraguay flagParaguay90 days
  • Peru flagPeru180 days
  • Philippines flagPhilippines30 days
  • Poland flagPoland90 days
  • Portugal flagPortugal90 days
  • Romania flagRomania90 days
  • San Marino flagSan Marino90 days
  • São Tomé & Príncipe flagSão Tomé & Príncipe15 days
  • Senegal flagSenegal90 days
  • Serbia flagSerbia90 days
  • Seychelles flagSeychelles90 days
  • Singapore flagSingapore30 days
  • Slovakia flagSlovakia90 days
  • Slovenia flagSlovenia90 days
  • South Africa flagSouth Africa90 days
  • South Korea flagSouth Korea90 days
  • Spain flagSpain90 days
  • St. Lucia flagSt. Lucia42 days
  • St. Vincent & Grenadines flagSt. Vincent & Grenadines90 days
  • Sweden flagSweden90 days
  • Switzerland flagSwitzerland90 days
  • Taiwan flagTaiwan90 days
  • Tajikistan flagTajikistan30 days
  • Thailand flagThailand60 days
  • Trinidad & Tobago flagTrinidad & Tobago90 days
  • Tunisia flagTunisia90 days
  • Türkiye flagTürkiye90 days
  • Ukraine flagUkraine90 days
  • United Arab Emirates flagUnited Arab Emirates90 days
  • Uruguay flagUruguay90 days
  • Uzbekistan flagUzbekistan30 days
  • Vanuatu flagVanuatu120 days
  • Vatican City flagVatican City90 days
  • Venezuela flagVenezuela90 days
  • Vietnam flagVietnam45 days
  • Zambia flagZambia90 days

Visa on arrival

36 countries
  • Bahrain flagBahrain
  • Bangladesh flagBangladesh
  • Burundi flagBurundi
  • Cambodia flagCambodia
  • Cape Verde flagCape Verde
  • Comoros flagComoros
  • Djibouti flagDjibouti
  • Egypt flagEgypt
  • Ethiopia flagEthiopia
  • Guinea-Bissau flagGuinea-Bissau
  • India flagIndia
  • Indonesia flagIndonesia
  • Jordan flagJordan
  • Kuwait flagKuwait
  • Lebanon flagLebanon
  • Madagascar flagMadagascar
  • Malawi flagMalawi
  • Maldives flagMaldives
  • Marshall Islands flagMarshall Islands
  • Myanmar (Burma) flagMyanmar (Burma)
  • Namibia flagNamibia
  • Nepal flagNepal
  • Oman flagOman
  • Palau flagPalau
  • Qatar flagQatar
  • Rwanda flagRwanda
  • Samoa flagSamoa
  • Saudi Arabia flagSaudi Arabia
  • Sierra Leone flagSierra Leone
  • Solomon Islands flagSolomon Islands
  • Sri Lanka flagSri Lanka
  • Tanzania flagTanzania
  • Timor-Leste flagTimor-Leste
  • Tonga flagTonga
  • Tuvalu flagTuvalu
  • Zimbabwe flagZimbabwe

E visa

21 countries
  • Benin flagBenin
  • Bhutan flagBhutan
  • Burkina Faso flagBurkina Faso
  • Cameroon flagCameroon
  • Chad flagChad
  • Congo - Kinshasa flagCongo - Kinshasa
  • Cuba flagCuba
  • Equatorial Guinea flagEquatorial Guinea
  • Gabon flagGabon
  • Guinea flagGuinea
  • Iraq flagIraq
  • Libya flagLibya
  • Mauritania flagMauritania
  • Nigeria flagNigeria
  • Pakistan flagPakistan
  • Russia flagRussia
  • Somalia flagSomalia
  • South Sudan flagSouth Sudan
  • Syria flagSyria
  • Togo flagTogo
  • Uganda flagUganda

Electronic travel authorisation (ETA)

11 countries
  • Australia flagAustralia
  • Canada flagCanada
  • Côte d’Ivoire flagCôte d’Ivoire
  • Israel flagIsrael
  • Kenya flagKenya
  • New Zealand flagNew Zealand
  • Papua New Guinea flagPapua New Guinea
  • St. Kitts & Nevis flagSt. Kitts & Nevis
  • Suriname flagSuriname
  • United Kingdom flagUnited Kingdom
  • United States flagUnited States

Visa from the embassy

15 countries
  • Afghanistan flagAfghanistan
  • Algeria flagAlgeria
  • Central African Republic flagCentral African Republic
  • Congo - Brazzaville flagCongo - Brazzaville
  • Eritrea flagEritrea
  • Gambia flagGambia
  • Ghana flagGhana
  • Liberia flagLiberia
  • Mali flagMali
  • Nauru flagNauru
  • Niger flagNiger
  • North Korea flagNorth Korea
  • Sudan flagSudan
  • Turkmenistan flagTurkmenistan
  • Yemen flagYemen

Sroky files only the Azerbaijan e visa today. E visas for other countries will come to the app later.

Based on the open Passport Index data of February 17, 2026 and our own checked rules for Azerbaijan. Rules change often: confirm with the destination's official site or your airline before you book.

Questions from citizens of Japan

How many countries can citizens of Japan visit without a visa?

115 destinations are visa free, 36 give a visa on arrival and 32 take an e visa or ETA online, from the 198 we checked.

Do citizens of Japan need a visa for Azerbaijan?

Citizens of Japan do not need a visa for Azerbaijan: up to 30 days per entry, for now. This visa free window is temporary and ends on July 1, 2027. After that: e visa.

Where can you travel with your passport?

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