No visa needed

Do citizens of Suriname need a visa for Japan?

Citizens of Suriname 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 Suriname: the passport opens 35 countries visa-free; Paramaribo — Tokyo: ≈ 15,140 km, about 19.5 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 Suriname passport?

Yes, citizens of Suriname 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 Suriname passport you can visit 35 countries visa-free, 30 with a visa on arrival and 49 with an e-visa; 84 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Suriname passport ranks 132nd of 199.
Suriname passport: visa-free access to 35 countries; Japan passport: 114.
Citizens of Suriname and Japan can travel together visa-free to 32 countries, for example: Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Grenada, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Lucia, Dominica, Antigua and Barbuda, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Brazil, Ecuador, Jamaica, and Peru.
Citizens of Japan, in turn, need an e-visa to travel to Suriname. Suriname visa for citizens of Japan

Travelling to Japan: good to know

Paramaribo — Tokyo: about 15,140 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 19.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +12 hours.
Local time: Paramaribo 12:00 — Tokyo 00:00.
Local currency: Japanese Yen.
Languages: Japanese.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ ¥158.
Japan is the 177th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Suriname.