With the IC passport service fee set to increase in the coming year, Lo said the number of applications for new passports is expected to increase in the second half of this year. Lo added that the 1.5 ...

A new kind of passport containing an integrated circuit chip is part of the Japanese government's anti-terrorism program, Yomiuri Shimbun reported Tuesday. The passports, which may appear as early ...

Current passports will remain valid until they expire. In the new passport, the previously separate photo page and IC chip page will be combined into a single plastic page.

This cute Pasmo Passport IC card, which you can use for transport and shopping in Tokyo, will be discontinued in August. Written by Kaila Imada Digital Editor, Time Out Tokyo Monday 8 April 2024.