🇮🇳 India vs 🇯🇵 Japan: which passport is stronger?
Updated 2026-07-23 · destinations reachable without a pre-arranged visa, of 198
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Japan wins by 107 destinations (162 vs 55)
Counting visa-free + visa on arrival + eTA access worldwide.
Score
🇮🇳 India55/198
🇯🇵 Japan162/198
26India visa-free
114Japan visa-free
150India world rank
4Japan world rank
Where Japan goes — India can't (top-100)
🇫🇷 France🇪🇸 Spain🇺🇸 United States🇮🇹 Italy🇹🇷 Turkey🇲🇽 Mexico🇬🇧 United Kingdom🇩🇪 Germany🇬🇷 Greece🇦🇹 Austria+66 more
Where India strikes back
No top-100 destination is open to India but closed to the other passport.
Head to head
🇮🇳→🇯🇵 India citizens to Japan
e-Visa required
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🇯🇵→🇮🇳 Japan citizens to India
Visa on arrival
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Open in the interactive comparator → India profile Japan profile