Conditions from official sources
- Needs an ICAO-compliant machine-readable passport. Without one, get a visa before travel or risk strict examination and refusal of entry.
Visa rules · Tourist entry
Other passports: see the rules for every passport visiting Japan.
The answer
(Note 7) For nationals of Barbados (since April 1, 2010), Türkiye (since April 1, 2011) and Lesotho (since April 1, 2010), visas are not required only for holders of Machine-Readable Passport (MRP) in compliance with ICAO standards. Those who do not hold an MRP are advised to obtain a visa in advance, otherwise will be strictly examined and may be refused entry to Japan.
The conditions that come with this rule, from its official sources.
The source states no minimum passport validity.
These rules cover tourist visits. Work, study and transit follow other rules.
What Japan passport holders need to visit Lesotho.
Japan passport
Japan NO NO
Other places Lesotho passport holders can visit without a visa, within 2,500 km of Tokyo, nearest first.
No visa-free place we have reviewed is within 2,500 km yet.
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