Conditions from official sources
- Needs an ICAO-compliant ePassport. Without one, get a visa before travel or be refused entry.
Visa rules · Tourist entry
Other passports: see the rules for every passport visiting Japan.
The answer
(Note 2) For nationals of Montenegro (since September 1, 2025), Peru(since July 1, 2025), Paraguay (since June 1, 2025), Panama (since April 1, 2024), Brazil (since September 30, 2023), United Arab Emirates (since November 1, 2022), Thailand (since July 1, 2013) and Serbia (since May 1, 2011), visas are not required only for holders of ePassport in compliance with ICAO standards. Those who do not hold such ePassport are requested to obtain a visa in advance, otherwise will be refused to enter 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 Panama.
Japan passport
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Other places Panama 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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