No visa needed

Do citizens of Macau need a visa for Japan?

Citizens of Macau 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 Macau: the passport opens 93 countries visa-free; Municipality of Macau — Tokyo: ≈ 2,940 km, about 4 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 Macau passport?

Yes, citizens of Macau 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 Macau passport you can visit 93 countries visa-free, 28 with a visa on arrival and 40 with an e-visa; 37 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Macau passport ranks 63rd of 199.
Macau passport: visa-free access to 93 countries; Japan passport: 114.
Citizens of Macau and Japan can travel together visa-free to 84 countries, for example: Philippines, Thailand, Brunei, China, South Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Mongolia, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Micronesia, United Arab Emirates, Iran, and Georgia.
Citizens of Japan, in turn, don’t need a visa for Macau. Macau visa for citizens of Japan

Travelling to Japan: good to know

Municipality of Macau — Tokyo: about 2,940 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 4 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +1 hour.
Local time: Municipality of Macau 12:00 — Tokyo 13:00.
Local currency: Japanese Yen.
Languages: Japanese.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ ¥158.
Japan is the 19th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Macau.