No visa needed

Do citizens of Latvia need a visa for Japan?

Citizens of Latvia 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 Latvia: the passport opens 118 countries visa-free; Riga — Tokyo: ≈ 8,080 km, about 10.5 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 Latvia passport?

Yes, citizens of Latvia 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 Latvia passport you can visit 118 countries visa-free, 29 with a visa on arrival and 37 with an e-visa; 14 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Latvia passport ranks 27th of 199.
Latvia passport: visa-free access to 118 countries; Japan passport: 114.
Citizens of Latvia and Japan can travel together visa-free to 108 countries, for example: Lithuania, Estonia, Finland, Belarus, Sweden, Poland, Denmark, Ukraine, Norway, Germany, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria, Hungary, and Moldova.
Citizens of Japan, in turn, don’t need a visa for Latvia. Latvia visa for citizens of Japan

Travelling to Japan: good to know

Riga — Tokyo: about 8,080 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 10.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +6 hours.
Local time: Riga 12:00 — Tokyo 18:00.
Local currency: Japanese Yen.
Languages: Japanese.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ ¥158.
Japan is the 133rd closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Latvia.