Visa requirements by country Disclaimer: The source of the below data is here . Follow the references there to the official government websites for confirmation.
Legend: easy entry need special visa unspecified or multiple options
Afghanistan
Albania
Visa not required | Duration: 90 daysAlgeria
Andorra
Angola
Notes Visitors who have been granted an online pre-visa or have requested such pre-visa from the consulates of Angola abroad, are then issued with a visa on arrival at the country's border check points. For a maximum total stay of 90 days within a one year period. Besides having printed confirmation that a visa will be issued upon arrival, passengers must: have a return/onward ticket, and have a hotel reservation confirmation.Antigua and Barbuda
Visa not required | Duration: 1 monthArgentina
Visa not required | Duration: 90 daysArmenia
Visa not required | Duration: 180 daysAustralia
Electronic Travel Authority | Duration: 90 daysNotes 90 days on each visit in 12-month period if grantedAustria
Visa not required | Duration: 6 months howeverNotes 90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen AreaAzerbaijan
eVisa / Visa on arrival | Duration: 30 daysNotes At Baku Airport. E-visa is also available.Bahamas
Visa not required | Duration: 3 monthsBahrain
eVisa / Visa on arrival | Duration: 14 daysBangladesh
Visa on arrival | Duration: 30 daysNotes Not available at all entry points.Barbados
Visa not required | Duration: 6 monthsBelarus
Visa not required | Duration: 30 daysNotes Must arrive and depart via Minsk International Airport.Belgium
Visa not required | Duration: 90 daysNotes 90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen AreaBelize
Visa not required | Duration: 90 daysBenin
eVisa / Visa on arrival | Duration: 30 days / 8 daysNotes Must have an international vaccination certificate.Bhutan
Bolivia
Visa not required | Duration: 90 daysBosnia and Herzegovina
Visa not required | Duration: 90 daysNotes 90 days within any 6-month periodBotswana
Visa not required | Duration: 90 daysNotes 90 days within year periodBrazil
Visa not required | Duration: 90 daysNotes Up to 90 days per visit, but no more than 180 days per year.Brunei
Visa not required | Duration: 14 daysBulgaria
Visa not required | Duration: 90 daysNotes 90 days within any 180 day periodBurkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
eVisa / Visa on arrival | Duration: 30 daysCameroon
Canada
Visa not required | Duration: 6 monthsNotes eTA required if arriving by air.Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile
Visa not required | Duration: 90 daysChina
Visa not required | Duration: 15 daysColombia
Visa not required | Duration: 180 daysNotes 90 days – extendable up to 180-days stay within a one-year periodComoros
Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Costa Rica
Visa not required | Duration: 90 daysCôte d'Ivoire
Croatia
Visa not required | Duration: 90 daysNotes 90 days within any 180 day periodCuba
Tourist Card required | Duration: 30 daysCyprus
Visa not required | Duration: 90 daysNotes 90 days within any 180 day periodCzech Republic
Visa not required | Duration: 90 daysNotes 90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen AreaDenmark
Visa not required | Duration: 90 daysNotes 90 days within any 180 day period regardless of previous time spent in other Schengen countries (except the other Nordic countries)Djibouti
Dominica
Visa not required | Duration: 6 monthsDominican Republic
Visa not required | Duration: 90 daysEcuador
Visa not required | Duration: 90 daysEgypt
eVisa / Visa on arrival | Duration: 30 daysEl Salvador
Visa not required | Duration: 3 monthsEquatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia
Visa not required | Duration: 90 daysNotes 90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen AreaEswatini
Visa not required | Duration: 30 daysEthiopia
eVisa / Visa on arrival | Duration: up to 90 daysNotes Visa on arrival is obtainable only at Addis Ababa Bole International Airport. eVisa holders must arrive via Addis Ababa Bole International Airport. eVisas are available for 30 or 90 days.Fiji
Visa not required | Duration: 4 monthsFinland
Visa not required | Duration: 90 daysNotes 90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen AreaFrance
Visa not required | Duration: 90 daysNotes 90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen AreaGabon
Notes Electronic visa holders must arrive via Libreville International Airport.Gambia
Notes An entry clearance must be obtained from the Gambian Immigration prior to travel.Georgia
Visa not required | Duration: 1 yearGermany
Visa not required | Duration: 90 daysNotes 90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen AreaGhana
Greece
Visa not required | Duration: 90 daysNotes 90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen AreaGrenada
Visa not required | Duration: 3 monthsNotes Beginning on December 1, 2020, all travellers to Grenada will be required to complete an online application in order to receive a Pure Safe Travel Authorization Certificate to enter Grenada.Guatemala
Visa not required | Duration: 90 daysGuinea
Guinea-Bissau
eVisa / Visa on arrival | Duration: 90 daysGuyana
Visa not required | Duration: 3 monthsHaiti
Visa not required | Duration: 3 monthsHonduras
Visa not required | Duration: 3 monthsHungary
Visa not required | Duration: 90 daysNotes 90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen AreaIceland
Visa not required | Duration: 90 daysNotes 90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen AreaIndia
eVisa / Visa on arrival | Duration: 60 daysNotes Visa on Arrival is only granted at Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Mumbai airport. Japanese citizens can also apply for e-Visa online for 60 days e-Visa holders must arrive via 26 designated airports or 3 designated seaports. An Indian e-Tourist Visa can only be obtained twice in one calendar year.Indonesia
Visa not required | Duration: 30 daysIran
Visa on arrival | Duration: 30 daysIraq
Notes On the 15th of March 2021, the Iraqi government lifted pre-arrival visa requirements for citizens from 37 countries, allowing citizens from those countries to apply for on-arrival visas at approved land, sea and air border crossings, and including Japanese citizensIreland
Visa not required | Duration: 3 monthsIsrael
Visa not required | Duration: 3 monthsItaly
Visa not required | Duration: 90 daysNotes 90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen AreaJamaica
Visa not required | Duration: 30 daysJordan
Notes Conditions apply. Not available at all entry points.Kazakhstan
Visa not required | Duration: 30 daysKenya
Kiribati
Visa not required | Duration: 30 daysNorth Korea
Kuwait
eVisa / Visa on arrival | Duration: 3 monthsKyrgyzstan
Visa not required | Duration: 60 daysLaos
Visa not required | Duration: 15 daysLatvia
Visa not required | Duration: 90 daysNotes 90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen AreaLebanon
Visa on arrival | Duration: 1 monthNotes 1 month extendable for 2 additional months Granted free of charge at Beirut International Airport or any other port of entry if there is no Israeli visa or seal, holding a telephone number, an address in Lebanon, and a non refundable return or circle trip ticket.Lesotho
Visa not required | Duration: 90 daysLiberia
Libya
Liechtenstein
Visa not required | Duration: 90 daysNotes 90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen AreaLithuania
Visa not required | Duration: 90 daysNotes 90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen AreaLuxembourg
Visa not required | Duration: 90 daysNotes 90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen AreaMadagascar
eVisa / Visa on arrival | Duration: 90 daysMalawi
eVisa / Visa on arrival | Duration: 90 daysMalaysia
Visa not required | Duration: 90 daysMaldives
Free visa on arrival | Duration: 30 daysMali
Malta
Visa not required | Duration: 90 daysNotes 90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen AreaMarshall Islands
Visa on arrival | Duration: 90 daysMauritania
Notes Available at Nouakchott–Oumtounsy International Airport.Mauritius
Visa not required | Duration: 90 daysMexico
Visa not required | Duration: 180 daysMicronesia
Visa not required | Duration: 30 daysMoldova
Visa not required | Duration: 90 daysNotes 90 days within any 180 day periodMonaco
Mongolia
Visa not required | Duration: 30 daysMontenegro
Visa not required | Duration: 90 daysMorocco
Visa not required | Duration: 3 monthsMozambique
Visa on arrival | Duration: 30 daysMyanmar
Visa not required | Duration: 30 daysNotes Must arrive via Yangon, Nay Pyi Taw or Mandalay airports or via land border crossings with Thailand — Tachileik, Myawaddy and Kawthaung.Namibia
Visa not required | Duration: 3 monthsNauru
Nepal
Visa on arrival | Duration: 90 daysNetherlands
Visa not required | Duration: 90 daysNotes 90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen AreaNew Zealand
Electronic Travel Authority | Duration: 3 monthsNotes May enter using eGate. International Visitor Conservation and Tourism Levy must be paid upon requesting an Electronic Travel Authority. Holders of an Australian Permanent Resident Visa or Resident Return Visa may be granted a New Zealand Resident Visa on arrival permitting indefinite stay (pursuant to the Trans-Tasman Travel Arrangement), subject to meeting character requirements and obtaining an Electronic Travel Authority prior to departure. Such travellers are not required to pay the International Visitor Conservation and Tourism Levy.Nicaragua
Visa not required | Duration: 90 daysNiger
Nigeria
North Macedonia
Visa not required | Duration: 90 daysNorway
Visa not required | Duration: 90 daysNotes 90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen AreaOman
Pakistan
Electronic Travel Authorization Notes Electronic Travel Authorization to obtain a visa on arrival for tourism purposes. Electronic Travel Authorization to obtain a visa on arrival for business purposes. Online Visa eligible.Palau
Free visa on arrival | Duration: 30 daysPanama
Visa not required | Duration: 180 daysPapua New Guinea
eVisa / Free visa on arrival | Duration: 60 daysParaguay
Visa not required | Duration: 90 daysPeru
Visa not required | Duration: 183 daysPhilippines
Visa not required | Duration: 30 daysNotes Rarely extendable up to 90 daysPoland
Visa not required | Duration: 90 daysNotes 90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen AreaPortugal
Visa not required | Duration: 90 daysNotes 90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen AreaQatar
Visa not required | Duration: 30 daysRomania
Visa not required | Duration: 90 daysNotes 90 days within any 180 day periodRussia
Notes e-Visa holders must arrive and departure via 29 checkpointsRwanda
eVisa / Visa on arrival | Duration: 30 daysSaint Kitts and Nevis
Visa not required | Duration: 3 monthsSaint Lucia
Visa not required | Duration: 6 weeksSaint Vincent and the Grenadines
Visa not required | Duration: 1 monthSamoa
Free Entry Permit on arrival | Duration: 60 daysSan Marino
São Tomé and Príncipe
Visa not required | Duration: 15 daysSaudi Arabia
eVisa / Visa on arrival | Duration: 90 daysSenegal
Visa not required | Duration: 90 daysSerbia
Visa not required | Duration: 90 daysNotes 90 days within any 6-month periodSeychelles
Free Visitor's Permit on arrival | Duration: 3 monthsSingapore
Visa not required | Duration: 30 daysSierra Leone
Slovakia
Visa not required | Duration: 90 daysNotes 90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen AreaSlovenia
Visa not required | Duration: 90 daysNotes 90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen AreaSolomon Islands
Visitor's permit on arrival | Duration: 3 monthsSomalia
Visa on arrival | Duration: 30 daysNotes Available at Bosaso Airport, Galcaio Airport and Mogadishu Airport.South Africa
Visa not required | Duration: 90 daysSouth Korea
Visa not required | Duration: 90 daysSouth Sudan
Notes Obtainable online Printed visa authorization must be presented at the time of travelSpain
Visa not required | Duration: 90 daysNotes 90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen AreaSri Lanka
eVisa / Visa on arrival | Duration: 30 daysSudan
Suriname
Visa not required | Duration: 90 daysSweden
Visa not required | Duration: 90 daysNotes 90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen AreaSwitzerland
Visa not required | Duration: 90 daysNotes 90 days within any 180 day period in the Schengen AreaSyria
Tajikistan
Tanzania
eVisa / Visa on arrival | Duration: 3 monthsThailand
Visa not required | Duration: 30 daysNotes Maximum two visits annually if not arriving by air.Timor-Leste
Visa on arrival | Duration: 30 daysNotes Not available at all entry points.Togo
Visa on arrival | Duration: 7 daysTonga
Visa on arrival | Duration: 31 daysTrinidad and Tobago
Visa not required | Duration: 90 daysTunisia
Visa not required | Duration: 90 daysTurkey
Visa not required | Duration: 3 monthsTurkmenistan
Tuvalu
Visa on arrival | Duration: 1 monthUganda
eVisa / Visa on arrival | Duration: 3 monthsNotes May apply online.Ukraine
Visa not required | Duration: 90 daysNotes 90 days within any 180 day periodUnited Arab Emirates
Visa not required | Duration: 30 daysUnited Kingdom
Visa not required | Duration: 6 monthsUnited States
Visa Waiver Program | Duration: 90 daysNotes On arrival from overseas ESTA (valid for 2 years when issued) required if arriving by air or cruise ship. ESTA is not required for Guam and Northern Mariana Islands.Uruguay
Visa not required | Duration: 90 daysUzbekistan
Visa not required | Duration: 30 daysVanuatu
Visa not required | Duration: 30 daysVatican City
Venezuela
Visa not required | Duration: 90 daysVietnam
Visa not required | Duration: 15 daysNotes A single entry eVisa valid for 30 days is also available.Yemen
Zambia
eVisa / Visa on arrival | Duration: 90 daysNotes Also eligible for a universal visa allowing access to Zimbabwe.Zimbabwe
eVisa / Visa on arrival | Duration: 3 monthsNotes Also eligible for a universal visa allowing access to Zambia.