The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced the 2024 passport statistics in conjunction with “Passport Day” on February 20.
The total number of passports issued in 2024 was approximately 3.82 million, marking a 108.3% increase compared to the previous year. The online application process started in March 2023, with a domestic utilization rate of about 9%.
The number of lost or stolen general passports was about 30,000, a decrease of 2% from the previous year. Approximately 80% of these incidents occurred within Japan. The number of valid passports at the end of 2024 was approximately 21.64 million, an increase of about 130,000 from the end of the previous year.
“Passport Day” was established in 1998 to commemorate the enactment of the “Overseas Passport Regulations” on February 20, 1878, when the term “passport” was first used in legal terms.
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