Openness rank
#144
Entry openness
Entry & immigration · 65 Immigration briefings
How to enter, apply, and stay
Länderprofil
Hauptstadt
Tokyo
Bevölkerung
123.3 million
Fläche
377,835 km²
Währung
Japanese yen JPY
Sprache
Japanese
Zeitzone
UTC+09:00
Im Ausland geboren
3.4 million · 2024
Migrantenanteil
2.8%
Ethnische Gruppen · 2022
- Japanese97.5%
- other1.2%
- Chinese0.6%
- Vietnam0.4%
- South Korean0.3%
Im Ausland Geborene: UN-Migrantenbestand über die Weltbank (meist 2024). Ethnische Gruppen folgen den veröffentlichten Kategorien des Landes. Die meisten Staaten erheben keine Hautfarbe. Nur Richtwerte.
Entry openness
74
F+A+eTA
Visumfrei
72
passports in
eVisa
7
Visum nötig 116
Entry with current passport
Visumfrei90 Tage
Japan
JP · Openness rank #144 · Briefing updated 2026-09
Visa-free for most Western and some Asian passports. Chinese, Russian and several others need a visa in advance. Limited event or cruise waivers do not change the general rule.
Passports that enter without a prior visa
United Arab Emirates#1Visumfrei
South Korea#2Visumfrei
Singapore#2Visumfrei
Spain#5Visumfrei
Belgium#6Visumfrei
Switzerland#6Visumfrei- Germany#6Visumfrei
Denmark#6Visumfrei
Finland#6Visumfrei
France#6Visumfrei
Ireland#6Visumfrei
Italy#6Visumfrei
Luxembourg#6Visumfrei
Malaysia#6Visumfrei
Netherlands#6Visumfrei
Norway#6Visumfrei
Sweden#6Visumfrei
Austria#19Visumfrei
Greece#19Visumfrei
Croatia#19Visumfrei
Hungary#19Visumfrei
Malta#19Visumfrei
Poland#19Visumfrei
Portugal#19Visumfrei
Slovenia#19Visumfrei
Slovakia#19Visumfrei
Bulgaria#28Visumfrei
Czechia#28Visumfrei
Estonia#28Visumfrei
Latvia#28Visumfrei
New Zealand#28Visumfrei
Romania#28Visumfrei
Australia#34Visumfrei
Lithuania#34Visumfrei
Cyprus#36Visumfrei
United Kingdom#36Visumfrei
Liechtenstein#36Visumfrei
Canada#39Visumfrei
Iceland#39Visumfrei
Hong Kong#41Visumfrei
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Policy briefings are compiled from public sources. They are not legal advice. Quotas, salary bars and visa-free lists move — always verify with the destination government and its missions.