No visa needed

Do citizens of Greece need a visa for Japan?

Citizens of Greece don’t need a visa for Japan and can stay up to 90 days. You need a valid passport; border officers may ask for a return ticket and accommodation. For a longer stay you need a visa or an extension.

For citizens of Greece: the passport opens 120 countries visa-free; Athens — Tokyo: ≈ 9,510 km, about 12.5 hours of flying.

Checked by visa analyst Albert Brown, 13 years of experience · September 26, 2026

At a glance

No visa needed

Stay: 90 days

Can I travel to Japan without a visa on a Greece passport?

Yes, citizens of Greece don’t need a visa for Japan for up to 90 days. A valid passport is enough.

Japan visa rules at a glance

With a Greece passport you can visit 120 countries visa-free, 28 with a visa on arrival and 36 with an e-visa; 14 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Greece passport ranks 17th of 199.
Greece passport: visa-free access to 120 countries; Japan passport: 114.
Citizens of Greece and Japan can travel together visa-free to 109 countries, for example: North Macedonia, Albania, Bulgaria, Kosovo, Montenegro, Romania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Turkey, Malta, Cyprus, Italy, Vatican City, Croatia, and Moldova.
Citizens of Japan, in turn, don’t need a visa for Greece. Greece visa for citizens of Japan

Travelling to Japan: good to know

Athens — Tokyo: about 9,510 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 12.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +6 hours.
Local time: Athens 12:00 — Tokyo 18:00.
Local currency: Japanese Yen.
Languages: Japanese.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ ¥158.
Japan is the 160th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Greece.