Municipalities across Japan on July 26 started accepting applications for “vaccine passports” from people who are fully inoculated against COVID-19 and hope to travel overseas. In general ...

Local authorities in Japan handle various citizen-related matters, they do not issue Japanese passports; applications are submitted to the Passport Offices of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA).

To promote overseas travel, the Japan Association of Travel Agents has launched a campaign to subsidize some of the cost of getting a new passport. JATA, a general incorporated association ...