The Ministry of Foreign Affairs will start issuing the significantly forgery and alteration strengthened ‘2025 Passport’ for applications accepted from March 24, 2025.
This is in accordance with the recommendations of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). Until now, passports have been created and issued at prefectural passport offices where the application is accepted, but now they will be centrally produced at the National Printing Bureau. The turnaround time from application to issuance will be approximately two weeks domestically and two to four weeks for overseas. The page with the photograph will be made of plastic material and printed/engraved with a laser.
Additionally, all prefectures will support new and switching applications through online applications. This means that a visit to the passport office is only required once, at the time of pickup. With online applications, using the MyNumber Card to agree to registry linkage through the MyNaPortal eliminates the need to submit an original copy of the family register.
The fees differ for counter and online applications, with a 10-year passport costing 15,900 yen and a 5-year passport costing 10,900 yen for online applications. Counter applications will be 400 yen more expensive.
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