
Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs Announces 2025 Visa Issuance Statistics
Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced the statistics for visa issuance in 2025. The number of visas issued was 7,862,060, an increase of approximately 9 percent compared to the previous year.
The top three nationalities/regions for visa issuance were China, the Philippines, and Vietnam, and visas issued to nationals of these countries accounted for around 80 percent of the total.
The top three overseas diplomatic missions in terms of the number of visas issued were the Consulate-General of Japan in Shanghai, the Embassy of Japan in China, and the Consulate-General of Japan in Guangzhou. The top nine missions were all located in Asia, while the Embassy of Japan in Russia ranked tenth.