🇨🇳 China vs 🇯🇵 Japan: which passport is stronger?
Updated 2026-07-23 · destinations reachable without a pre-arranged visa, of 198
🇯🇵
Japan wins by 85 destinations (162 vs 77)
Counting visa-free + visa on arrival + eTA access worldwide.
Score
🇨🇳 China77/198
🇯🇵 Japan162/198
42China visa-free
114Japan visa-free
113China world rank
4Japan world rank
Where Japan goes — China can't (top-100)
🇫🇷 France🇪🇸 Spain🇺🇸 United States🇮🇹 Italy🇹🇷 Turkey🇲🇽 Mexico🇬🇧 United Kingdom🇩🇪 Germany🇬🇷 Greece🇦🇹 Austria+52 more
Where China strikes back
Head to head
🇨🇳→🇯🇵 China citizens to Japan
e-Visa required
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🇯🇵→🇨🇳 Japan citizens to China
Visa-free · 30d
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Open in the interactive comparator → China profile Japan profile