Entry rule for your passport
No visa for tourist stays of up to 90 days.
Official sources: Australian Government (Smartraveller).
Who this covers: Ordinary Australian passports for a short tourist visit. Work, residence, emergency documents and other passport categories require separate checks.
Check your circumstances
Read these conditions alongside the entry rule. Where official guidance does not state a condition, that is not confirmation that no condition applies.
- Passport type Conditions to check
- This guide covers an ordinary Australian passport. Do not apply it automatically to an emergency, official or other travel document.
Official sources: Embassy of Japan in Australia.
- Trip purpose Confirmed for this scope
- The short-stay exemption covers tourism, not income-earning work or residence.
Official sources: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan.
- Age Not stated in the cited guidance
- The exemption list does not state a separate age threshold for this passport group. Child travel documents and border formalities still need checking.
Official sources: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan.
- Residence Not stated in the cited guidance
- The cited exemption does not state a residence-country condition for this passport group. Residence-based eVISA application rules are a different process.
Official sources: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan.
- Other visas or residence permits Not stated in the cited guidance
- The exemption list does not state a requirement to hold another country’s visa or residence permit for this passport group.
Official sources: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan.
- Carrier and arrival route Not stated in the cited guidance
- The cited exemption does not name an approved-airline condition. Check transit and boarding documents for the route you book.
Official sources: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan.
- Stay and visa validity Confirmed for this scope
- The normal visa-exempt tourist stay is up to 90 days. The landing permission given at arrival controls your authorized stay.
Official sources: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan.
Use Japan’s actual passport-validity rule
The Japanese embassy says an Australian tourist’s passport must remain valid during the stay and through departure. It does not impose a general six-month validity requirement for this visit. Check your airline and any transit country separately if the passport is close to expiry.
Official sources: Embassy of Japan in Australia.
Check the landing permission and activities
The normal tourist exemption allows up to 90 days. Follow the period granted on arrival. The embassy says tourists may not work, whether paid or unpaid, and should not plan to switch from tourist status to a work status inside Japan.
An airport transfer can matter too. Australian travel advice warns that changing between airports requires you to meet Japan’s entry requirements. An international connection is not necessarily a wholly airside transit.
Official sources: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan; Embassy of Japan in Australia; Australian Government (Smartraveller).
Keep arrival registration separate from a visa
Visit Japan Web lets you prepare immigration and customs information online. It does not replace a required visa or the immigration inspection on arrival. Visa-exempt tourists do not need to apply for an eVISA just to use it.
Use the Digital Agency link below. The agency does not charge an application fee for Visit Japan Web. The Japanese embassy also describes a paper arrival-card option at the airport, so the online service is not the only way to complete that card.
Official sources: Digital Agency of Japan; Digital Agency of Japan; Embassy of Japan in Australia; Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan.
Check the linked authorities again before travel; Japan makes the final entry decision.
Approved by TravPa Editors.