Japanese passport
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Japanese passports (日本国旅券, Nihonkoku ryoken) are issued to Japanese nationals to facilitate international travel. From 2018 to 2022, it was ranked first on the Henley Passport Index for visa-free travel,[8] and third as of July 2023, with holders able to travel visa-free to 189 countries and territories.[9]
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Japanese passport 日本国旅券 | |
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Type | Passport |
Issued by | Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
First issued | 21 May 1866[1][lower-alpha 1] (letter of request) 1 January 1926[1] (booklet) 1 November 1992[1] (machine-readable passport) 20 March 2006[2] (biometric passport) 31 August 2013[3] 4 February 2020[4][5] (current version) |
Purpose | Identification |
Eligibility | Japanese citizenship |
Expiration | 10 years or 5 years or shorter [6] 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[7] |
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