{"question":{"passport":"HKG","destination":"JPN","entryDate":"2026-09-12"},"dateBasis":"reference-date","status":"conditional","headline":"Visa-free, 90 days","requirement":{"kind":"none","message":"You can travel without arranging a visa."},"stay":{"kind":"DAYS","maxDays":90,"ruleType":"RESETS_ON_EXIT","phrasing":"You may stay up to 90 days."},"conditions":[{"kind":"DOCUMENT_CLASS","text":"The traveller must hold a Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) passport (or a British National Overseas (BNO) passport with the right of residence in Hong Kong)."}],"caveat":null,"source":{"documentId":"mofa-novisa","url":"https://www.mofa.go.jp/j_info/visit/visa/short/novisa.html","passage":"Hong Kong (Note 5)…The period of stay granted upon landing permission will be \"15 days\" for Indonesia and Thailand, “30 days” for Brunei and Qatar, and \"90 days\" for other countries and regions.…(Note 5) For citizens of Hong Kong, visas are not required only for holders of Special Administrative Region (SAR) passport issued by the Hong Kong SAR of the People’s Republic of China or British National Overseas (BNO) passports who have the right of residence in Hong Kong.","explanation":"The table entry names Hong Kong, note 5 states the exemption covers holders of the HKSAR passport (and BNO passports with the right of residence in Hong Kong), and the period sentence grants 90 days to listed countries other than Indonesia, Thailand, Brunei and Qatar; holders of the HKSAR passport are therefore visa-free for 90 days.","publisher":"Exemption of Visa (Short-Term Stay) | Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan … September 1, 2025 … Japan has reciprocal visa exemption arrangements with 74 countries and regions listed in the table below."},"checkedAt":"2026-08-28","snapshotAsOf":"2026-09-10","dataVersion":"4f66864a7d4f8a08b6c8c7e446d7f16addcd9303","upcomingChange":null,"alternatives":[],"scope":{"covers":["recorded entry requirement","recorded stay allowance"],"notEstablished":["personal admission decision","work permission","residence rights","tax position","individual eligibility for every condition"],"passportType":"ordinary"}}