All foreigners coming to Japan are required for visa application specially those who are planning to stay for longer period.

For short term stay, foreigners coming from countries under the “Visa Exemption Agreement” are not required to apply for visas. In which case includes, if the foreigner’s visiting purpose is only for tourism, commerce, conferences and visiting acquaintances. The allowed number of stay is only 90 days for visa exempted nationalities.

You can view the full list of countries under the “Visa Exemption Agreement”.

On the other hand, the countries listed below are required to apply for visa. Kindly check the details by clicking on the link of each country listed.