🇯🇵 Japan vs 🇺🇸 United States: which passport is stronger?
Updated 2026-07-23 · destinations reachable without a pre-arranged visa, of 198
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Japan wins by 9 destinations (162 vs 153)
Counting visa-free + visa on arrival + eTA access worldwide.
Score
🇯🇵 Japan162/198
🇺🇸 United States153/198
114Japan visa-free
112United States visa-free
4Japan world rank
43United States world rank
Where Japan goes — United States can't (top-100)
Where United States strikes back
No top-100 destination is open to United States but closed to the other passport.
Head to head
🇯🇵→🇺🇸 Japan citizens to United States
eTA required
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🇺🇸→🇯🇵 United States citizens to Japan
Visa-free · 90d
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Open in the interactive comparator → Japan profile United States profile