No visa needed

Do citizens of Panama need a visa for Japan?

Citizens of Panama 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 Panama: the passport opens 88 countries visa-free; Panama City — Tokyo: ≈ 13,570 km, about 17.5 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 Panama passport?

Yes, citizens of Panama 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 Panama passport you can visit 88 countries visa-free, 31 with a visa on arrival and 46 with an e-visa; 33 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Panama passport ranks 69th of 199.
Panama passport: visa-free access to 88 countries; Japan passport: 114.
Citizens of Panama and Japan can travel together visa-free to 86 countries, for example: Costa Rica, Colombia, Nicaragua, Honduras, Ecuador, Jamaica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Belize, Dominican Republic, Bahamas, Trinidad and Tobago, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica, and Saint Lucia.
Citizens of Japan, in turn, don’t need a visa for Panama. Panama visa for citizens of Japan

Travelling to Japan: good to know

Panama City — Tokyo: about 13,570 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 17.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +14 hours.
Local time: Panama City 12:00 — Tokyo 02:00.
Local currency: Japanese Yen.
Languages: Japanese.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ ¥158.
Japan is the 159th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Panama.