Visa-free and visa-on-arrival countries for Japanese passport holders

117 destinations are visa-free and 38 offer a visa on arrival for Japanese passport holders. Rules change, so confirm with the official source before you travel.

Visa-free (117)

• Albania — up to 90 days
• Andorra — up to 90 days
• Angola — up to 30 days
• Antigua & Barbuda — up to 180 days
• Argentina — up to 90 days
• Armenia — up to 180 days
• Austria — up to 90 days
• Bahamas — up to 90 days
• Barbados — up to 90 days
• Belarus — up to 30 days
• Belgium — up to 90 days
• Belize — up to 90 days
• Bolivia — up to 90 days
• Bosnia & Herzegovina — up to 90 days
• Botswana — up to 90 days
• Brazil — up to 90 days
• Brunei — up to 90 days
• Bulgaria — up to 90 days
• Chile — up to 90 days
• China — up to 30 days
• Colombia — up to 90 days
• Costa Rica — up to 180 days
• Croatia — up to 90 days
• Cyprus — up to 90 days
• Czech Republic — up to 90 days
• Denmark — up to 90 days
• Dominica — up to 180 days
• Dominican Republic
• Ecuador — up to 90 days
• El Salvador — up to 180 days
• Estonia — up to 90 days
• Fiji — up to 120 days
• Finland — up to 90 days
• France — up to 90 days
• Georgia — up to 360 days
• Germany — up to 90 days
• Greece — up to 90 days
• Grenada — up to 90 days
• Guatemala — up to 90 days
• Guyana — up to 90 days
• Haiti — up to 90 days
• Honduras — up to 90 days
• Hong Kong SAR — up to 90 days
• Hungary — up to 90 days
• Iceland — up to 90 days
• Iran — up to 15 days
• Ireland — up to 90 days
• Israel — up to 90 days
• Italy — up to 90 days
• Jamaica — up to 30 days
• Kazakhstan — up to 30 days
• Kiribati — up to 90 days
• Kosovo — up to 90 days
• Kyrgyzstan — up to 60 days
• Laos — up to 15 days
• Latvia — up to 90 days
• Lesotho — up to 90 days
• Liechtenstein — up to 90 days
• Lithuania — up to 90 days
• Luxembourg — up to 90 days
• Macao — up to 90 days
• Malaysia — up to 90 days
• Malta — up to 90 days
• Mauritius — up to 90 days
• Mexico — up to 180 days
• Micronesia — up to 30 days
• Moldova — up to 90 days
• Monaco — up to 90 days
• Mongolia — up to 30 days
• Montenegro — up to 90 days
• Morocco — up to 90 days
• Mozambique — up to 30 days
• Namibia — up to 90 days
• Netherlands — up to 90 days
• Nicaragua — up to 90 days
• North Macedonia — up to 90 days
• Norway — up to 90 days
• Palestine
• Panama — up to 90 days
• Paraguay — up to 90 days
• Peru — up to 180 days
• Philippines — up to 30 days
• Poland — up to 90 days
• Portugal — up to 90 days
• Romania — up to 90 days
• Saint Kitts and Nevis — up to 90 days
• Saint Lucia — up to 42 days
• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines — up to 90 days
• San Marino — up to 90 days
• Sao Tome and Principe — up to 15 days
• Senegal — up to 90 days
• Serbia — up to 90 days
• Seychelles — up to 90 days
• Singapore — up to 30 days
• Slovakia — up to 90 days
• Slovenia — up to 90 days
• South Africa — up to 90 days
• South Korea — up to 90 days
• Spain — up to 90 days
• Swaziland — up to 30 days
• Sweden — up to 90 days
• Switzerland — up to 90 days
• Taiwan — up to 90 days
• Tajikistan — up to 30 days
• Thailand — up to 60 days
• Trinidad and Tobago — up to 90 days
• Tunisia — up to 90 days
• Turkey — up to 90 days
• Ukraine — up to 90 days
• United Arab Emirates — up to 30 days
• Uruguay — up to 90 days
• Uzbekistan — up to 30 days
• Vanuatu — up to 120 days
• Vatican City — up to 90 days
• Venezuela — up to 90 days
• Vietnam — up to 45 days
• Zambia — up to 90 days

Visa on arrival (38)

• Azerbaijan — up to 30 days
• Bahrain — up to 30 days
• Bangladesh — up to 30 days
• Burundi — up to 30 days
• Cambodia — up to 30 days
• Cape Verde — up to 30 days
• Comoros — up to 45 days
• Djibouti — up to 31 days
• Egypt — up to 30 days
• Ethiopia — up to 30 days
• Ghana — up to 60 days
• Guinea-Bissau — up to 30 days
• India — up to 30 days
• Indonesia — up to 30 days
• Iraq — up to 30 days
• Jordan — up to 30 days
• Kuwait — up to 30 days
• Lebanon — up to 30 days
• Madagascar — up to 30 days
• Malawi — up to 30 days
• Maldives — up to 30 days
• Marshall Islands — up to 90 days
• Mauritania — up to 30 days
• Nepal — up to 90 days
• Oman — up to 10 days
• Palau — up to 30 days
• Qatar — up to 30 days
• Rwanda — up to 30 days
• Samoa — up to 60 days
• Saudi Arabia — up to 90 days
• Sierra Leone — up to 30 days
• Solomon Islands — up to 30 days
• Sri Lanka — up to 30 days
• Tanzania — up to 90 days
• Timor-Leste — up to 30 days
• Tonga — up to 31 days
• Tuvalu — up to 30 days
• Zimbabwe — up to 90 days

eVisa countries for Japanese passport holders