Japan entry requirements for Italian citizens
Short answerItalian citizens can visit Japan without a visa. Up to 90 days in any 180-day period.
- How long you can stay
- Up to 90 days in any 180-day period.
- What you need
- Valid passport, valid for the whole stay
- Return ticket
- Good to know
- Viaggiare Sicuri (Giappone, updated 1/4/2026): Italian citizens are visa-exempt when travelling to Japan for tourism and staying for at most 90 days in every 180 days; stays over 90 days need a visa. This row follows Italy's wording. Japan's own visa-exemption list (MOFA) and its embassies could not be checked — every mofa.go.jp and emb-japan.go.jp page returns HTTP 403 from this environment — and Japan generally frames the exemption as a 90-day period of stay; the 90-in-180 rule here is the stricter reading, not a looser one.
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The rule: Valid passport, valid for the whole stay
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Source Ministero degli Affari Esteri — Viaggiare Sicuri, scheda Giappone: Requisiti di ingresso (ultimo aggiornamento 2026-04-01)Checked against the source on 2026-10-05
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Japan for other passports
- Argentinavisa-free short stay
- Australiavisa-free short stay
- Brazilvisa-free short stay
- Canadavisa-free short stay
- Chilevisa-free short stay
- Chinavisa required
- Francevisa-free short stay
- Germanyvisa-free short stay
- Indiavisa required
- Israelvisa-free short stay
- Malaysiavisa-free short stay
- Mexicovisa-free short stay
- Netherlandsvisa-free short stay
- New Zealandvisa-free short stay
- Singaporevisa-free short stay
- South Koreavisa-free short stay
- Spainvisa-free short stay
- Ukrainevisa required
- United Kingdomvisa-free short stay
- United Statesvisa-free short stay
Other destinations for Italian citizens
- Albaniavisa-free short stay
- Argentinavisa-free short stay
- Armeniavisa-free short stay
- Australiaelectronic travel authorisation (ETA) required
- Bahamasvisa-free short stay
- Bosnia and Herzegovinavisa-free short stay
- Brazilvisa-free short stay
- Cambodiavisa on arrival
- Canadaelectronic travel authorisation (ETA) required
- Chilevisa-free short stay
- Chinavisa-free short stay
- Colombiavisa-free short stay
- Costa Ricavisa-free short stay
- Dominican Republicvisa-free short stay
- Ecuadorvisa-free short stay
- Egyptvisa on arrival
- Fijivisa-free short stay
- Georgiavisa-free short stay
- Ghanavisa required
- Hong Kongvisa-free short stay
- Indiaelectronic travel authorisation (ETA) required
- Indonesiavisa on arrival
- Israelelectronic travel authorisation (ETA) required
- Jamaicavisa-free short stay
- Jordanvisa on arrival
- Kenyaelectronic travel authorisation (ETA) required
- Macaovisa-free short stay
- Malaysiavisa-free short stay
- Maldivesvisa on arrival
- Mauritiusvisa-free short stay
- Mexicovisa-free short stay
- Mongoliavisa-free short stay
- Montenegrovisa-free short stay
- Moroccovisa-free short stay
- New Zealandelectronic travel authorisation (ETA) required
- Nigeriavisa required
- Peruvisa-free short stay
- Philippinesvisa-free short stay
- Qatarvisa-free short stay
- Rwandavisa on arrival
- Saudi Arabiavisa on arrival
- Serbiavisa-free short stay
- Seychelleselectronic travel authorisation (ETA) required
- Singaporevisa-free short stay
- South Africavisa-free short stay
- South Koreaelectronic travel authorisation (ETA) required
- Sri Lankaelectronic travel authorisation (ETA) required
- Taiwanvisa-free short stay
- Tanzaniavisa on arrival
- Thailandvisa-free short stay
- Turkeyvisa-free short stay
- United Arab Emiratesvisa-free short stay
- United Kingdomelectronic travel authorisation (ETA) required
- United Stateselectronic travel authorisation (ETA) required
- Uruguayvisa-free short stay
- Uzbekistanvisa-free short stay
- Vietnamvisa-free short stay
- Zambiavisa-free short stay
- Zimbabwevisa on arrival
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