Visa on arrival

Palau visa for citizens of Japan

Citizens of Japan get a Palau visa on arrival at passport control. You don’t apply in advance, but border officers check your passport, return ticket and accommodation. Visago checks your documents before you travel. It costs $19.

For citizens of Japan: the passport opens 114 countries visa-free; Tokyo — Ngerulmud: ≈ 3,180 km, about 4.5 hours of flying.

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

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

You don’t need to apply in advance: citizens of Japan get the visa on arrival. To avoid problems at the border, we check your documents for $19.

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Palau visa rules at a glance

With a Japan passport you can visit 114 countries visa-free, 37 with a visa on arrival and 31 with an e-visa; 16 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Japan passport ranks 35th of 199.
Japan passport: visa-free access to 114 countries; Palau passport: 68.
Citizens of Japan and Palau can travel together visa-free to 65 countries, for example: South Korea, Taiwan, Philippines, Micronesia, Kiribati, Malaysia, Singapore, Vanuatu, Fiji, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Sweden, Lithuania, and Norway.
Citizens of Palau, in turn, need an embassy visa to travel to Japan. Japan visa for citizens of Palau

Travelling to Palau: good to know

Tokyo — Ngerulmud: about 3,180 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 4.5 hours.
No time difference with your country’s capital.
Local currency: US Dollar.
Languages: English and Palauan.
Palau is the 8th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Japan.