In 2025, 885,100 Filipinos flew to Japan, according to the Japan National Tourism Organization. That is about 2,400 Filipinos landing in Japan every day, and almost all of them needed a visa first. The route to that visa looks very different from when we wrote our first Japan guides in 2022. There is a visa centre now, an eVISA for some, and a July 2026 fee hike that did not touch Philippine passports.

This is our 2026 hub for the Japan visa for Filipinos. It covers what changed, what the embassy asks for today, what it really costs in pesos, and what the embassy’s own guidance says gets applications refused. For step-by-step detail on each visa type, we point you to our older guides. Everything here is checked against the Embassy of Japan in the Philippines and Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), and dated.

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This is general information for travelers, not immigration advice. Rules change, so confirm your own case with the Embassy of Japan in the Philippines or the Japan Visa Application Centre before you apply.

Japan visa for Filipinos: the quick answer for 2026

Here is the short version, as of 28 September 2026:

• Do Filipinos need a visa for Japan? Yes. Philippine passport holders need a visa for any visit, including a short holiday. There is no visa-free entry and no visa on arrival.
• Visa fee: none. The embassy confirmed in June 2026 that a temporary visitor visa for Philippine nationals, for stays of up to 90 days, “remains gratis,” even after Japan raised visa fees for other nationalities on 1 July 2026.

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