Passport
The time has come, where the students are up for the last minute prep for the competitive exam.
Usually, it is considered that the ones who are preparing for competition (competitive exam) should be aware of each and every fact.
Today, we will discuss the passports and also which Country's Passport is the Most Powerful and Why.
Passport is an important document to go from one country to another.
With this help, travel can be done anywhere in the world.
We can say that a passport is a travel document which is issued by the government of the country.
This shows a unique identity of your country in the foreign land.
Do you know which country has the best, or powerful passport in the world and why?
Which country's passport is the most powerful and why?
According to the report of the American Advisory firm, Hanley Passport Index, 2018, the passport of Japan has been considered as the most powerful in the world.
You should also know that having a powerful passport means that the citizens of a country can travel without a visa to many countries.
According to the Henley Passport Index report, Japanese can go to 190 countries of the world without a visa.
India is ranked 81 according to this report.
Singapore comes second after Japan and its rank is 189.
Germany is third, France, South Korea and ranked 188.
Denmark, Finland, Italy, Sweden, Spain, with 187 ranks at number four, Norway, United Kingdom, Austria, Luxemburg, Netherlands, Portugal, United States, etc. with the rank 186 in the fifth place.
Lets Know About Japan's Passport?
As we know, Japanese passport is a travel document issued to enable Japanese citizens to travel outside of Japan.
The first travel document for foreign travel by Japanese citizens was introduced in 1866 at the end of Tokugawa Shogunate.
These documents took the form of a printed "request letter" which allows Japanese citizens to travel abroad for business and academic purposes.
The word "passport" was formally applied in the Japanese language in 1878 and in 1900 the first rule to control the use of Japanese passports was proposed.
The modern form of Japanese passport first came in 1926 and the first ICAO-compliant, machine-readable Japanese passport was brought in 1992.
There are a perticular type of pasports for specific uses.
Types of Japanese Passpost
Ordinary Passport:
This passport is issued to the Normal Japanese citizens.
Ordinary passport validity is issued for two separate jobs: for five and ten years and 19 years old for only five years is issued to Japanese citizens of , while 20 years of age or older can choose five year (blue) or ten years (red) passport for the separate registration fee.
Official passport: These passports are issued to National Diet and members of government employees.
Diplomatic passport: This passport is issued to the royal families, members of diplomats and their family members and high-level government officials.
According to tradition, the emperor and empress of Japan do not keep passports.
You should also know that all Japanese passports issued after March 20, 2006, are bio-metric passports.
Bio-metric passports contains information about the face of the passport holder, as well as finger and palm print.
Each passport also includes a personal identification number and that except for an emergency passport, all other passports in Japan are bio-metric.
All passports are now issued with 32 KB or 512 KB memory chips.
Chips correspond to the ISO 14443 type B standard and have Basic Access Control. The chip is designed to prevent an unauthorized access.
In this chip, information like the passport holder's name, nationality, birth-date, passport number information and face image of passport holder is also stored.
The chip is embedded in the passport booklet's center page.
Ordinary passport is valid for five years, which is of dark blue cover and which is valid for ten years, it is of crimson-colored covers.
In addition, the official passport has a dark green cover and a diplomatic passport contains a dark brown cover.
Japanese passports are printed in both Japanese and English languages, except for the note of caution found at the end of the passport, is printed in Japanese only.
In this note, information about how the carrier should know when facing different situations in a foreign country is provided.
According to Japan's Foreign Ministry, Japanese new passports will be proposed in 2019.
The woodblock print artwork will be used in these passports i.e. the Japanese passport will contain the art of Katsushika Hokusai, one of Japan's most famous and well-known painters and artwork artist on wood.
