Meanwhile, troubling new data from the Foreign Ministry shows that just one in six Japanese citizens, or 17.5%, held a passport at the end of 2024.

Japanese officials have started accepting online ... as the system has been upgraded and linked to family register information. At a passport center in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward, a metropolitan ...

Before the Covid-19 pandemic, about a quarter of Japanese people held valid passports. The country's travel document is tied with neighbour South Korea's passport as the world's second strongest ...

Passport application procedures have been streamlined in Japan to strengthen measures against counterfeiting and forgeries. According to the Foreign Ministry, enhanced security features are being ...

While hiking in Colombia, I ruined my passport by allowing it to get wet during a rainstorm. Years later, I made the same mistake at a rainy baseball game in Japan. This time, it was worse.

Singapore’s Visa Free Transit Facility allows Indian passport holders with a valid Japan visa to spend 96 hours in the Lion City, as long as the stamped document is valid for at least a month at ...