will grace the new Japanese passport. Starting on Feb. 4, the Foreign Ministry will issue a newly designed passport to those who file for one from the day forward. It marks the first time that ...

Japan’s passport is the best in the world for a fifth year standing, according to the annual “passport index” released on Jan. 10 by the British consultancy Henley and Partners. The index ...

Japan saw a significant fall from grace in Henley's 2023 rankings, after having topped the list of the world's most powerful passports at the beginning of the year. However, the country has ...

China's reinstatement of the short-term visa waiver for Japanese visitors will accelerate the recovery of Japanese travel to ...

Yuri Kondo, 77, acquired US citizenship in 2004, later applying in 2017 for a Japanese passport that local authorities in Japan refused to issue, saying she lost her Japanese nationality.

Japanese passport holders may soon be able to travel to China without a visa, for the first time in more than four years, as the two countries work toward mending fences after a period of tension ...

In 2024, Japan fell behind Singapore in the Henley Passport Index, a measure of which nation’s passports offer the freest travel around the world, after previously holding the top position since ...

Japan continues to top the list of the world’s most powerful passports for the fifth consecutive year. Japanese citizens can travel to as many as 193 countries visa-free or get visa-on-arrival ...