Do I need a visa to go to Japan with a US passport?

US passport holders are visa-free when traveling to Japan.

Citizens holding U.S. passports are visa-free to Japan. U.S. citizens traveling to Japan for business travel can enter Japan without a visa for 90 days with their U.S. passport. If the stay exceeds 90 days, a visa is required.

When traveling to other countries with a national passport, some require a visa, such as mainland China. Some do not require a visa, such as Japan.

About 186 countries and regions in the United States grant visa-free and visa-on-arrival treatment to ordinary U.S. passport holders, of which 150 countries and regions can enter visa-free. Ranked 5th on the Heinz Visa Restriction Index.

Visa-free countries are Western Europe, Japan, Australia and other countries that are close to the United States. The number of days of stay in different countries is also different. If the holder goes to Hong Kong and Taiwan for tourism or business or other short-term stays, he or she can stay without a visa for 90 days, and if he goes to Macau for 30 days, he still needs to apply for a visa in advance when entering mainland China.

Notes on visa-free passports

1. Visa-free countries generally allow stays of no more than 30 days. For destinations such as Mauritius, Seychelles, and Fiji, entry requires departure tickets and hotel information, otherwise the immigration bureau has the right to deny entry to the guest.

2. Most of the unilateral visa-free countries have restrictions, including regional restrictions. For example, only Jeju Island in South Korea is visa-free for China, while other areas still need to apply for a visa. Indonesia is visa-free and requires entry from 5 designated ports including Bali. Some are visa-free for group tourists, such as Tahiti.

3. Although some countries offer visa-free or visa-on-arrival treatment to Chinese citizens, they cannot exit China without a visa. Such as Laos, Kenya, Tanzania, Nepal, Dominica, Lebanon, Togo, Costa Rica, Bangladesh, Mozambique, etc.

4. Some destinations can be entered by transit, that is, they are visa-free but need to apply for a visa for other countries; such as Cook Islands, Andorra, Samoa, Micronesia, and Bahrain.

5. Russia is only a visa-free destination for group tourists.

6. Visa-free destination with regional restrictions: Egypt. Egypt's Sinai Peninsula is visa-free for Chinese tourists, which means that tourists without a visa cannot go to the location of the Pyramids and the Sphinx.