Top personal income tax
45%
🇯🇵 Japan
Japan · JP · Asia
Where the Japan passport can travel without a prior visa
See visa-free, visa-on-arrival and ETA destinations directly.
188 destinations
Visa-free · 138
- Albania AL
- Andorra AD
- Angola AO
- Anguilla AI
- Antigua and Barbuda AG
- Argentina AR
- Armenia AM
- Aruba AW
- Austria AT
- Azerbaijan AZ
- Barbados BB
- Belarus BY
- Belgium BE
- Belize BZ
- Bermuda BM
- Bolivia BO
- Bonaire; St. Eustatius and Saba BQ
- Bosnia and Herzegovina BA
- Botswana BW
- Brazil BR
- British Virgin Islands VG
- Brunei BN
- Bulgaria BG
- Cayman Islands KY
- Chile CL
- China CN
- Colombia CO
- Cook Islands CK
- Costa Rica CR
- Croatia HR
- Curacao CW
- Cyprus CY
- Czechia CZ
- Denmark DK
- Dominica DM
- Dominican Republic DO
- Ecuador EC
- El Salvador SV
- Estonia EE
- eSwatini SZ
- Falkland Islands FK
- Faroe Islands FO
- Fiji FJ
- Finland FI
- France FR
- French Guiana GF
- French Polynesia PF
- French West Indies FW
- Georgia GE
- Germany DE
- Gibraltar GI
- Greece GR
- Greenland GL
- Grenada GD
- Guam GU
- Guatemala GT
- Guyana GY
- Haiti HT
- Honduras HN
- Hong Kong (SAR China) HK
- Hungary HU
- Iceland IS
- Iran IR
- Ireland IE
- Italy IT
- Jamaica JM
- Kazakhstan KZ
- Kiribati KI
- Kosovo XK
- Kyrgyzstan KG
- Laos LA
- Latvia LV
- Lesotho LS
- Liechtenstein LI
- Lithuania LT
- Luxembourg LU
- Macao (SAR China) MO
- Malaysia MY
- Malta MT
- Mauritius MU
- Mayotte YT
- Mexico MX
- Micronesia FM
- Moldova MD
- Monaco MC
- Mongolia MN
- Montenegro ME
- Montserrat MS
- Morocco MA
- Netherlands NL
- New Caledonia NC
- Nicaragua NI
- North Macedonia MK
- Northern Mariana Islands MP
- Norway NO
- Oman OM
- Panama PA
- Paraguay PY
- Peru PE
- Philippines PH
- Poland PL
- Portugal PT
- Reunion RE
- Romania RO
- San Marino SM
- Senegal SN
- Serbia RS
- Singapore SG
- Slovakia SK
- Slovenia SI
- South Africa ZA
- South Korea KR
- Spain ES
- St. Helena SH
- St. Lucia LC
- St. Maarten MF
- St. Vincent and the Grenadines VC
- Suriname SR
- Sweden SE
- Switzerland CH
- São Tomé and Príncipe ST
- Taiwan (Chinese Taipei) TW
- Tajikistan TJ
- Thailand TH
- The Bahamas BS
- Trinidad and Tobago TT
- Tunisia TN
- Turks and Caicos Islands TC
- Türkiye TR
- Ukraine UA
- United Arab Emirates AE
- Uruguay UY
- Uzbekistan UZ
- Vanuatu VU
- Vatican City VA
- Venezuela VE
- Vietnam VN
- Zambia ZM
Visa on arrival · 35
- Bahrain BH
- Bangladesh BD
- Burundi BI
- Cambodia KH
- Cape Verde Islands CV
- Comoro Islands KM
- Djibouti DJ
- Egypt EG
- Ethiopia ET
- Guinea-Bissau GW
- India IN
- Indonesia ID
- Jordan JO
- Kuwait KW
- Lebanon LB
- Madagascar MG
- Malawi MW
- Maldives MV
- Marshall Islands MH
- Myanmar MM
- Namibia NA
- Nepal NP
- Niue NU
- Palau Islands PW
- Qatar QA
- Rwanda RW
- Samoa WS
- Saudi Arabia SA
- Sierra Leone SL
- Solomon Islands SB
- Tanzania TZ
- Timor-Leste TL
- Tonga TO
- Tuvalu TV
- Zimbabwe ZW
ETA · 15
- American Samoa AS
- Australia AU
- Canada CA
- Israel IL
- Kenya KE
- Mozambique MZ
- New Zealand NZ
- Palestinian Territory PS
- Puerto Rico PR
- Seychelles SC
- Sri Lanka LK
- St. Kitts and Nevis KN
- United Kingdom GB
- United States US
- US Virgin Islands VI
Tax snapshot
Capital gains tax
20.315%
Taxation basis
Worldwide
CRS exchange
Participant
Wealth tax
No
Inheritance/estate tax
Yes
National top rate 45% (plus 10% local inhabitant tax, ~55% combined). Listed securities gains 20.315%. Effective corporate rate around 30%. Inheritance tax up to 55% — among the world's highest; plan before long-term residence.
Special regime: Non-permanent resident regime: foreign income not remitted to Japan is untaxed during the first 5 years of residence
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