Japanese passport

Japanese passport
日本国旅券
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

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]

^ ^a ^b ^c "旅券の変遷と最近の動向（海外渡航文書150周年に際して）" (PDF). 外務省. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
^ "Council of the European Union - PRADO - JPN-AO-02002". www.consilium.europa.eu.
^ "Council of the European Union - PRADO - JPN-AO-02003". www.consilium.europa.eu.
^ "2020年旅券の申請受付開始について". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan.
^ "New Japanese passports featuring ukiyo-e by Katsushika Hokusai to be issued from this month". 3 February 2020.
^ "こんな時、パスポートQ&A". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan.
^ "パスポートの申請から受領まで（初めてパスポートを申請するとき等の例）". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan.
^ "Major Shake-Up in World's Passport Power Ranking". Henley & Partners. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
^ "The Henley Passport Index Global Ranking 2023" (PDF). July 19, 2023. Retrieved July 20, 2023.

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[year150-1] "旅券の変遷と最近の動向（海外渡航文書150周年に際して）" (PDF). 外務省. Retrieved 28 January 2018.

[3] "Council of the European Union - PRADO - JPN-AO-02002". www.consilium.europa.eu.

[4] "Council of the European Union - PRADO - JPN-AO-02003". www.consilium.europa.eu.

[5] "2020年旅券の申請受付開始について". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan.

[6] "New Japanese passports featuring ukiyo-e by Katsushika Hokusai to be issued from this month". 3 February 2020.

[7] "こんな時、パスポートQ&A". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan.

[8] "パスポートの申請から受領まで（初めてパスポートを申請するとき等の例）". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan.

[:0-9] "Major Shake-Up in World's Passport Power Ranking". Henley & Partners. Retrieved 2023-07-20.

[:1-10] "The Henley Passport Index Global Ranking 2023" (PDF). July 19, 2023. Retrieved July 20, 2023.

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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^[1]^[a] (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]