Japan: embassies, consulates & entry rules
- foreign missions here
- 248
- Consulates
- 86
- missions abroad
- 261
- Visa-free / Visa on arrival
- 72
Live & travel in Japan
Monthly budget
$3,100/mo
Prices vs USA: 69%
Exchange rate
1 USD = 158.33 JPY
Internet access
86%
of people online
Air quality
11.5
PM2.5 (µg/m³)
Official languages
Japanese
Emergency
119 · 118 · 110
Plug types
NEMA 5-15, NEMA 1-15
Calling code
+81
Estimate for a remote worker (rent + living) from World Bank price levels. Capitals can be higher. · US travel advisory: May 14, 2025
3.9
/ 5
embassly score
Sources: World Bank · NASA · U.S. State Dept
- Cost2.7
- Safety5.0
- Internet access4.3
- Air quality4.0
- Climate3.3
SOS · Japan119
Government consensus
Normal precautions· 3 of 3 governmentsSources: official travel advice of the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada.
Digital nomad visa
- Designated Activities (Digital Nomad)Verified Nov 9, 2026Min. income: $5,250/moDuration: 6 months¥10 million/year; visa-exempt + tax-treaty nationalities only; ¥10M medical insurance requiredOfficial site
Programme rules change; always confirm on the official site linked on each card.
Upcoming public holidays
- Nov 23, 2026 · Labor Thanksgiving Day
- Jan 1, 2027 · New Year’s Day
- Jan 11, 2027 · Coming of Age Day
- Feb 11, 2027 · Foundation Day
- Feb 23, 2027 · Emperor’s Birthday
- Mar 21, 2027 · Spring Equinox Day
- Mar 22, 2027 · Spring Equinox Day (substitute day)
- Apr 29, 2027 · Showa Day
Cities in Japan
3.9 / 5Japan
Tokyo
$3,100/mo · 13°C
3.8 / 5Japan
Osaka
$3,100/mo · 11°C
3.8 / 5Japan
Fukuoka
$3,100/mo · 12°C
3.8 / 5Japan
Nagoya
$3,100/mo · 12°C
3.7 / 5Japan
Sapporo
$3,100/mo · 2°C
3.8 / 5Japan
Niigata
$3,100/mo · 13°C
3.9 / 5Japan
Nagasaki
$3,100/mo · 16°C
3.8 / 5Japan
Yokohama
$3,100/mo · 10°C
Traveller essentials · Japan
- Emergency
- 119 · 118 · 110
- Calling code
- +81
- Currency
- JPY
- Plug types
- NEMA 5-15, NEMA 1-15
- Drives on the
- left
- Capital
- Tokyo
- Time zone
- Asia/Tokyo
Foreign missions in Japan
AfghanistanTokyo1AlbaniaTokyo1AlgeriaTokyo1AngolaTokyo1ArgentinaTokyo2ArmeniaTokyo1AustraliaTokyo, Osaka, Fukuoka4AustriaTokyo1AzerbaijanTokyo1BahrainTokyo1BangladeshTokyo1BelarusTokyo1BelgiumTokyo2BelizeTokyo1BeninTokyo1BoliviaTokyo1Bosnia and HerzegovinaTokyo1BotswanaTokyo1BrazilTokyo, Nagoya, Hamamatsu4BruneiTokyo1BulgariaTokyo1Burkina FasoTokyo1CambodiaTokyo, Sapporo, Osaka3CameroonTokyo1CanadaTokyo, Osaka, Nagoya7Central African RepublicTokyo1ChileTokyo1ChinaTokyo, Fukuoka, Sapporo7ColombiaTokyo1Costa RicaTokyo1Côte d’IvoireTokyo1CroatiaTokyo1CubaTokyo2CyprusTokyo1CzechiaTokyo1DenmarkTokyo1DjiboutiTokyo1Dominican RepublicTokyo2DR CongoTokyo1EcuadorTokyo1EgyptTokyo1El SalvadorTokyo1EritreaTokyo1EstoniaTokyo1EthiopiaTokyo1FijiTokyo1FinlandTokyo1FranceTokyo, Sakyō-ku3GabonTokyo1GeorgiaTokyo1GermanyTokyo, Osaka, Sapporo3GhanaTokyo1GreeceTokyo1GuatemalaTokyo1GuineaTokyo1HaitiTokyo1HondurasTokyo1Hong KongTokyo1HungaryTokyo, Osaka2IcelandTokyo1IndiaTokyo, Osaka3IndonesiaTokyo, Osaka, Sapporo4IranTokyo1IraqTokyo1IrelandTokyo1IsraelTokyo1ItalyTokyo, Osaka2JamaicaTokyo1JordanTokyo1KazakhstanTokyo1KenyaTokyo1KosovoTokyo1KuwaitTokyo1KyrgyzstanTokyo1LaosTokyo1LatviaTokyo1LebanonTokyo1LesothoTokyo1LiberiaTokyo1LibyaTokyo1LithuaniaTokyo1LuxembourgTokyo1MadagascarTokyo1MalawiTokyo1MalaysiaTokyo1MaldivesTokyo1MaliTokyo1MaltaTokyo1Marshall IslandsTokyo1MauritaniaTokyo1MauritiusTokyo1MexicoTokyo1MicronesiaTokyo, Sendai2MoldovaTokyo1MongoliaTokyo, Osaka2MoroccoTokyo1MozambiqueTokyo1MyanmarTokyo1NamibiaTokyo1NepalTokyo1NetherlandsTokyo, Osaka4New ZealandTokyo1NicaraguaTokyo1Niger1NigeriaTokyo1North MacedoniaTokyo1NorwayTokyo1OmanTokyo1PakistanTokyo, Osaka2PalauTokyo1PalestineTokyo1PanamaTokyo, Kobe3Papua New GuineaTokyo1ParaguayTokyo1PeruTokyo, Nagoya3PhilippinesTokyo, Osaka, Nagoya3PolandTokyo2PortugalTokyo, Nagasaki2QatarTokyo1Republic of the CongoChūō-ku1RomaniaTokyo1RussiaTokyo, Osaka, Sapporo4RwandaTokyo1SamoaTokyo1San MarinoTokyo1Saudi ArabiaTokyo1SenegalTokyo1SerbiaTokyo1SingaporeTokyo, Osaka2SlovakiaTokyo1SloveniaTokyo1Solomon IslandsTokyo1South AfricaTokyo1South KoreaTokyo, Sendai, Yamatechō11South SudanTokyo1SpainTokyo, Fukuoka2Sri LankaTokyo1SudanTokyo1SwedenTokyo1SwitzerlandTokyo, Osaka2SyriaTokyo1TaiwanNagasaki, Tokyo3TajikistanTokyo1TanzaniaTokyo1ThailandTokyo, Fukuoka, Osaka3Timor-LesteTokyo1TogoTokyo1TongaTokyo1TunisiaTokyo1TürkiyeTokyo, Nagoya2TurkmenistanTokyo1UgandaTokyo1UkraineTokyo1United Arab EmiratesTokyo1United KingdomTokyo, Osaka, Hakodate3United StatesTokyo, Detroit, Sapporo11UruguayTokyo1UzbekistanTokyo1Vatican CityTokyo1VenezuelaTokyo1VietnamTokyo, Osaka, Fukuoka3YemenTokyo1ZambiaTokyo1ZimbabweTokyo1
Japan missions abroad
AfghanistanKabul1AlbaniaTirana1AlgeriaAlgiers1AngolaLuanda1ArgentinaBuenos Aires1ArmeniaYerevan1AustraliaCanberra, City of Perth, Melbourne6AustriaVienna2AzerbaijanBaku1BahrainManama1BangladeshDhaka1BarbadosBridgetown1BelarusMinsk1BelgiumBrussels3BelizeBelmopan1BeninCotonou1BoliviaLa Paz, Santa Cruz de la Sierra2Bosnia and HerzegovinaSarajevo1BotswanaGaborone1BrazilBrasília, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo7BruneiBandar Seri Begawan1BulgariaSofia1Burkina FasoOuagadougou1CambodiaPhnom Penh1CameroonYaoundé1CanadaOttawa, Calgary, Toronto6ChileSantiago1ChinaBeijing, Shinan District, Guangzhou7ColombiaBogotá1Costa RicaSan José2Côte d’IvoireAbidjan1CroatiaZagreb1CubaHavana1CyprusNicosia1CzechiaPrague1DenmarkCopenhagen1DjiboutiDjibouti1Dominican RepublicSanto Domingo1DR CongoKinshasa1EcuadorQuito1EgyptCairo1El SalvadorSan Salvador2EritreaAsmara1EstoniaTallinn1EthiopiaAddis Ababa2FijiSuva1FinlandHelsinki1FranceParis, Strasbourg, Marseille6GabonLibreville1GeorgiaTbilisi1GermanyBerlin, Düsseldorf, Munich5GhanaAccra1GreeceAthens1GuatemalaGuatemala City1GuineaConakry1HaitiPort-au-Prince1HondurasTegucigalpa1HungaryBudapest1IcelandReykjavík1IndiaNew Delhi, Bengaluru, Chennai5IndonesiaJakarta, Surabaya, Denpasar5IranTehran1IraqBaghdad1IrelandDublin1IsraelTel Aviv1ItalyRome, Milan4JamaicaKingston1JordanAmman1KazakhstanAstana1KenyaNairobi2KiribatiSouth Tarawa1KuwaitKuwait City1KyrgyzstanBishkek1LaosVientiane1LatviaRiga1LebanonBeirut1LibyaTripoli1LithuaniaVilnius1LuxembourgLuxembourg1MadagascarAntananarivo1MalawiLilongwe1MalaysiaKuala Lumpur, Penang, Kota Kinabalu3MaldivesMalé1MaliBamako1MaltaValletta1Marshall IslandsMajuro1MauritaniaNouakchott1MauritiusPort Louis1MexicoMexico City, León de Los Aldama2MicronesiaPalikir1MoldovaChișinău1MongoliaUlaanbaatar1MoroccoRabat1MozambiqueMaputo1MyanmarYangon1NamibiaWindhoek1NepalKathmandu1Netherlands's-Gravenhage1New CaledoniaNouméa1New ZealandWellington, Auckland Region, Christchurch3NicaraguaManagua1NigeriaAbuja, Lagos2North MacedoniaSkopje1NorwayOslo1OmanMuscat1PakistanIslamabad, Karachi2PalauKoror1PalestineJerusalem1PanamaPanama City1Papua New GuineaPort Moresby1ParaguayAsunción1PeruLima1PhilippinesManila, Cebu City, Davao City3PolandWarsaw1PortugalLisbon1Puerto RicoSan Juan1QatarDoha1RomaniaBucharest1RussiaMoscow, Khabarovsk, Saint Petersburg6RwandaKigali1SamoaApia2Saudi ArabiaBrooklyn, Riyadh, Jeddah3SenegalDakar1SerbiaBelgrade1SeychellesVictoria1SingaporeSingapore1SlovakiaBratislava1SloveniaLjubljana1Solomon IslandsHoniara1South AfricaPretoria, Cape Town2South KoreaSeoul, Busan, Jeju Province3South SudanJuba1SpainMadrid, Barcelona, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria3Sri LankaColombo1SudanKhartoum1SwedenStockholm1SwitzerlandBern, Geneva4SyriaDamascus1TaiwanKaohsiung, Taipei3TajikistanDushanbe1TanzaniaDar es Salaam1ThailandBangkok, Mueang Chiang Mai2Timor-LesteDili1TongaNukuʻalofa1Trinidad & TobagoPort of Spain1TunisiaTunis1TürkiyeAnkara, Istanbul2TurkmenistanAshgabat1UgandaKampala1UkraineKyiv1United Arab EmiratesAbu Dhabi, Dubai2United KingdomLondon, City of Edinburgh2United StatesWashington, D.C., Nashville, Chicago17UruguayMontevideo1UzbekistanTashkent1VanuatuPort Vila1Vatican CityVatican City1VenezuelaCaracas1VietnamHanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Bình Thuận3YemenSanaa1ZambiaLusaka1ZimbabweHarare1
Who can enter Japan without a visa?
Visa rules change often. Always confirm with the official embassy or government site before you travel.
Frequently asked questions
Embassies & consulates in Japan?
248 missions, 164 countries.
Emergency: Japan?
119 (fire department), 118 (Japan Coast Guard), 110 (police)
Who can enter Japan without a visa?
72: Andorra, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Canada, and Chile…