🇯🇵 Free Japan Passport Photo Size and Requirements

✓ Verified specSource: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan · verified 2026-08-08

Requirements

Canvas

35 × 45 mm @ 300 dpi

Head height

32–36 mm

Background

Plain white

Digital file

JPEG, PNG

Prints needed

Also: 3.5 × 4.5 cm · 1.38 × 1.77 in · 413 × 531 px at 300 dpi · 827 × 1063 px at 600 dpi

Good to know

•MOFA specifies a crown-to-top-edge margin of 4 mm +/- 2 mm

•Notoriously strict on faint shoulder shadows

•Write name and date of birth on the back of prints

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