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Japan to increase entry visa fees by more than five times current amount
The number of tourists visiting Japan reached a record 42.6 million in 2025. (Supplied: Miguel Carmichael)
Japan will quintuple entry visa fees starting from July 1, but most Australian tourists will not be impacted.
Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs Toshimitsu Motegi said the change was done to bring the fees, set in 1978, in line with inflation and changing exchange rates.
"There could be possibility for various impacts but bearing that in mind we made the revision," Mr Motegi said.
Toshimitsu Motegi says he does not believe the fee hike will affect inbound tourism. (Reuters: Issei Kato)
The single entry visa fee will rise from roughly $26.50 or 3,000 yen to $132 (15,000 yen) and the multiple entry visa will rise from approximately $53 to $265.
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For the first time since 1978, the Japanese government has decided to raise visa fees. The cost of a single-entry visa will increase from 3,000 yen (US$18.54) to 15,000 yen, while multiple-entry visas will jump from 6,000 yen to 30,000 yen.
The new policy, which will come into effect on July 1, has been widely seen as Tokyo’s response to inflation and the yen’s depreciation. The change will bring Japan’s visa fees closer to the levels of its developed counterparts, including those in Europe.
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Japan visa fees quintuple in first increase since 1978
Japan has implemented a five-fold increase to visa fees for all foreigners, marking the first price hike in nearly 50 years.
From 1 July, single-entry visa fees will be raised from the current 3,000 yen ($18.69; £14) to 15,000 yen, while multi-entry visas will now cost 30,000 yen, up from 6,000 yen.
The visa fee revisions – the first since 1978 – were made to "reflect inflation and exchange rate fluctuations", Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi told reporters on Friday.
"We do not anticipate that it will have an immediate impact on inbound tourism," he added.
The Japanese yen has been weakening continually since 2021, and is now hovering near historic 40-year lows.
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