Japanese passport
Japanese passports (日本国旅券, Nihonkoku ryoken) are issued to Japanese citizens to facilitate international travel. From 2018 to 2022, it was ranked first on the Henley Passport Index for visa-free travel, and third as of July 2023, with holders able to travel visa-free to 189 countries and territories.
| Japanese passport 日本国旅券 | |
|---|---|
The front cover of a contemporary 10 years Japanese passport | |
Identity Information Page of a 10 years Japanese biometric passport | |
| Type | Passport |
| Issued by | Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| First issued | 21 May 1866 (letter of request) 1 January 1926 (booklet) 1 November 1992 (machine-readable passport) 20 March 2006 (biometric passport) 31 August 2013 4 February 2020 (current version) |
| Purpose | Identification |
| Eligibility | Japanese citizenship |
| Expiration | 10 years or 5 years or shorter after acquisition for adults, 5 years for ages under 17 |
| Cost | 10 year adult passport; ¥16,000 5 year passport for 12-year-old or over; ¥11,000 5 year passport for 11-year-old or under; ¥6,000 |
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