Rank, score and destinations reachable with the Japan passport — Passport Index ranking and visa verdict breakdown on Atlas.
The Japan passport ranks 14 worldwide, giving access to 165 destinations without a prior visa.
Japan ranks 146 in the worldwide openness ranking, and can be entered without a prior visa by 74 passports.
Albania, Andorra, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Estonia, Eswatini, Fiji, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Kazakhstan, Kiribati, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macau, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Netherlands, Nicaragua, North Macedonia, Norway, Palestine, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, San Marino, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vatican City, Venezuela, Vietnam, Zambia
Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Namibia, Nepal, Oman, Palau, Qatar, Rwanda, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu, Zimbabwe
Australia, Canada, Côte d'Ivoire, Kenya, New Zealand, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Suriname, United Kingdom, United States
Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cuba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Guinea, Libya, Myanmar, Nigeria, Russia, Somalia, South Sudan, Syria, Togo, Uganda
Afghanistan, Algeria, Central African Republic, Chad, Eritrea, Gambia, Liberia, Mali, Nauru, Niger, North Korea, Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Turkmenistan, Yemen