Most visa-exempt visitors can stay in Japan for up to 90 days, or 15 or 30 days for four nationalities. Enter your arrival date and your permitted stay below to see your last day. To be safe, the calculator counts your arrival day as day 1, so a 90-day stay starting on 1 March 2027 ends on 29 May 2027.
Last checked: 19 October 2026. Stay lengths follow MOFA’s visa exemption list dated 1 September 2025. The calculator is a planning aid. The period on your landing permission is what counts.
Japan stay calculator
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How the calculation works
When you land, an immigration officer gives you permission to stay as a Temporary Visitor for a set number of days. The Immigration Services Agency lists the standard periods for this status as 90, 30 or 15 days, and individual periods cannot exceed 90 days.
We could not find an official page that explains exactly how the days are counted, so the calculator takes the cautious approach and counts your arrival day as day 1. Your last day is your entry date plus your permitted days minus one. The suggested departure date leaves one more day spare in case of flight delays or cancellations.
| Entry date | Permitted stay | Last day (entry day = day 1) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 March 2027 | 15 days | 15 March 2027 |
| 1 March 2027 | 30 days | 30 March 2027 |
| 1 March 2027 | 90 days | 29 May 2027 |
| 15 December 2026 | 90 days | 14 March 2027 |
Which stay length applies to you
- 90 days: most of the 74 visa-exempt countries and regions, including the US, Canada, Australia and EU states.
- 30 days: Brunei and Qatar.
- 15 days: Indonesia and Thailand.
- Up to 6 months: Austria, Germany, Ireland, Liechtenstein, Mexico, Switzerland and the UK. You enter for 90 days and must apply for an extension at a regional immigration bureau before those 90 days end.
Not sure whether you are visa-exempt? Use the Japan visa checker, or read the full Japan entry requirements.
Overstaying and extensions
Leave Japan by your last permitted day. For everyone outside the six-month group, ISA says it grants extensions of a Temporary Visitor stay only in principle for truly unavoidable humanitarian or similar special circumstances, such as medical treatment. You should not plan around an extension.
Under the planned JESTA scheme, approved travellers will not get a passport landing stamp. ISA has said details of the landing permission, including the period of stay, will be available through a JESTA portal and by email. The target launch is fiscal year 2028; see how JESTA will work.
Frequently asked questions
Does the day I arrive count towards my 90 days?
To be safe, count it as day 1. We found no official page setting out the counting method, so check the period shown on your landing permission and plan to leave on or before the last day.
Is the 90-day limit per trip or per year?
MOFA’s list gives the maximum period for each visit. Immigration officers decide at every entry whether a trip fits a short-stay visit, so frequent long visits may get closer questioning.
Can I extend a 90-day visa-free stay?
Nationals of Austria, Germany, Ireland, Liechtenstein, Mexico, Switzerland and the UK can apply to extend up to six months in total before their 90 days end. For others, ISA grants extensions only in principle for unavoidable humanitarian or similar special reasons.
Where do I find my permitted period of stay?
On the landing permission the immigration officer gives you on arrival, usually a sticker in your passport. Use that record, not this calculator, as the final word.