Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan introduced that the variety of issued Japanese passports in 2022 was up 117.5% to about 1.37 million, the primary 12 months on 12 months development for the previous pandemic three years. 

Out of the whole, about 1.34 million common passports (excluding diplomatic passports) had been issued in Japan and by Japanese embassies in international nations. 

As of the tip of 2022, valid passports lowered from 24 million a 12 months in the past to 21.7 million, which consisted of about 4.4 million five-years passports and about 17.3 million ten-years passports. 

Out of the issued passports in Japan in 2022, 30 years previous or youthful accounted for 42.5%, and females for 50.2%.