Japanese passport (?????, Nipponkoku ryoken) are issued to Japanese citizens to travel outside Japan.
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History
The first travel documents for overseas travel by Japanese citizens were introduced in 1866, near the end of the Tokugawa shogunate. These documents took the form of a stamped "letter of request" allowing Japanese citizens to travel overseas for business and educational purposes. The term "passport" was formally introduced into the Japanese language in 1878, and in 1900 the first regulations governing the usage of Japanese passports were introduced. The modern form of the Japanese passport first came about in 1926, and the first ICAO-compliant, machine-readable Japanese passports were introduced in 1992.
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Types of passports
- Ordinary passport: Issued to normal Japanese citizens.
- Ordinary passports are issued in two different lengths of validity: five and ten years. Japanese citizens up to 19 years of age can only be issued a five-year passport, while those who are 20 years of age or older can choose either a five-year (blue) or ten-year (red) passport for different registration fees.
- Official passport: Issued to members of the National Diet and public servants.
- Diplomatic passport: Issued to members of the Imperial Family, diplomats and their family members, and high-level government officials.
- By convention, the Emperor and Empress of Japan do not hold a passport.
All Japanese passports issued after 20 March 2006 are biometric passports.
Japanese passports have the Imperial Seal of Japan inscribed in the center of the front cover, with the Japanese characters reading Nipponkoku Ryoken (?????) inscribed above in seal script and its English translation JAPAN PASSPORT in Latin letters below the Seal. Ordinary passports valid for five years are in dark blue, and those valid for ten years are in crimson in color. Additionally, official passports are in dark green, and diplomatic passports in dark brown.
Data page
- Photo of the passport holder
- Type
- Issuing country
- Passport number
- Surname
- Given name
- Nationality
- Date of birth
- Sex
- Registered Domicile
- Date of issue
- Date of expiry
- Issuing authority
- Signature of bearer
The information page ends with the Machine Readable Zone.
Passport note
The passports contain a note from the issuing country that is addressed to the authorities of all other countries, identifying the bearer as a citizen of that country and requesting that he or she be allowed to pass and be treated according to international norms. The note inside of Japanese passports states:
In Japanese:
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In English:
- The Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan requests all those whom it may concern to allow the bearer, a Japanese national, to pass freely and without hindrance and, in case of need, to afford him or her every possible aid and protection.
Language
Japanese passports are entirely printed in both Japanese and English, except for the note of caution that is found at the end of the passport (e.g. on page 51 of the ten-year biometric ordinary passport), which is only printed in Japanese. This note contains information about what the bearer should know when encountering various situations in a foreign country.
The surname, given name and other personalized mentions (like registered domicile) are only indicated in Latin uppercase letters. Japanese names are in principle transcribed according to the Hepburn romanization system, but exceptions are admitted in certain cases, notably when the name is the katakana transcription of a foreign name (Japanese spouse or Japanese child of a foreigner), in which case the original spelling of the name in the Latin alphabet may be used, only if you submit the official document with the original spelling issued by the government (spouse or parent's passport etc.).
The signature may be written in any language and in any spelling the individual desires.
Visa requirements
Visa requirements for Japanese citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states which are placed on citizens of Japan. As of 23 May 2018, Japanese citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 189 countries and territories, ranking the Japanese passport first in the world in terms of travel freedom according to the Henley Passport Index. Additionally, Arton Capital's Passport Index ranked the Japanese passport third in the world in terms of travel freedom, with a visa-free score of 163 (tied with Danish, Dutch, French, Finnish, Italian, Luxembourgish, Norwegian, South Korean, Spanish, Swedish and United States passports), as of 2 July 2018.
See also
- Foreign relations of Japan
- Japanese nationality law
- Visa requirements for Japanese citizens
References
External links
Media related to Passports of Japan at Wikimedia Commons
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