Japanese passport
| 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, and second as of April 2025, with holders able to travel visa-free to 190 countries and territories.