Japanese passport

According to the Guide Passport Ranking Index, the Japanese passport is now rated second among all passports worldwide. The ranking of the Japan passport is based on the level of global admission it provides to holders, who can visit 193 countries without a visa but must obtain one to enter 25 additional nations.

National passports are graded based on how many nations their holders can enter without a visa. As a result, the ranking of Japan passports takes into account the number of nations that don't require visas for holders of Japanese passports. Visa-free nations are those into which one may enter with a visa on arrival or electronic travel authorisation (eTA).

The acrobat and magician Namigor Sumidagawa was the first person to be given a Japanese travel document; he acquired it on October 17, 1866, in order to appear at the Paris World's Fair in 1867. In 1878, the word "passport" was formally adopted into the Japanese language. The first rules governing the use of Japanese passports appeared in 1900. The first Japanese passports that were ICAO-compliant and machine-readable were released in 1992, while the contemporary form of the Japanese passport first appeared in 1926.

193 visa-free destinations