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Japan → Laos: Short-stay tourist

Whether you need a visa at all, according to official sources.

Checked by our automated verification on 20 Oct 2026: every source on this page resolves and the data is structurally complete. This does not confirm a person re-read the source text for accuracy.

You likely don't need a visa

You don't need a visa to visit Laos as a tourist. The Lao Embassy in Tokyo says Japanese nationals can stay up to 30 days without a visa, for any purpose, from 1 June 2025 (the Department of Immigration's list, dated 12 October 2022, still shows 15 days for Japan). The embassy also says your passport must have at least 6 months of validity when you enter, and that to stay longer you must leave Laos and re-enter. Confirm with a Lao embassy or consulate before you travel. Every foreign traveller on a passport must also register online through the Lao Digital Immigration Form (LDIF) at immigration.gov.la before entering or leaving Laos, the Department of Immigration announced this from 1 September 2025 at Wattay, Luang Prabang and Pakse airports and Lao-Thai Friendship Bridge I. The exemption covers stays up to that limit only: the Department's visa-extension page says a stay under a visa exemption can't be extended, except in emergencies with supporting documents.

Source: Embassy of the Lao PDR in Japan

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