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Japanese passports (日本国旅券, Nihonkoku ryoken) are issued to Japanese nationals to facilitate international travel. From 2018 to 2022, it was ranked first on the Henley Passport Index for visa-free travel, [8] and second as of July 2024, with holders able to travel visa-free to 194 countries and territories.
This is a list of foreign diplomatic missions located in the San Francisco Bay Area in the United States. As of November 2024 [update] , the area hosts 41 consulates-general from 41 countries (Mexico has two). 38 are located in the city of San Francisco ; there is one each in Palo Alto , Burlingame , and San Jose .
The Japanese population of the South Bay is diverse, and many have mixed-race backgrounds due to the growing trend of inter-racial marriages. According to a study conducted by Japanese American Citizens League, between 2000 and 2009, the mixed race Japanese population in San Jose grew by 27.3%, while the monoracial Japanese population declined.
The Travel Document for Return to Japan (Japanese: 帰国のための渡航書) is a travel document valid for one-way travel issued by a Japanese diplomatic mission abroad to a Japanese national residing or staying in an area outside Japan whose Japanese passport has been stolen, lost, damaged, expired, or is no longer in their possession, and who must urgently return to Japan. [1]
Kanrin Maru (circa 1860) The three plenipotentiary members of the Japanese embassy: Muragaki Norimasa, Shinmi Masaoki, and Oguri Tadamasa.. On February 9 (January 19 in the Japanese calendar), 1860, the Kanrin Maru set sail from Uraga for San Francisco under the leadership of Captain Katsu Kaishū, with Nakahama "John" Manjiro as the official translator, carrying 96 Japanese men and an ...
From 2018 to 2022, Japanese citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to the most countries and territories, [1] making the Japanese passport rank first in the world in terms of travel freedom according to the Henley Passport Index. [2] [3] It ranked 2nd in 2023, 2024 and 2025. [1] [4]
The Consulate General of Sweden, San Francisco is the diplomatic mission of Sweden in San Francisco, California. It is located at 595 Market Street in the Financial District . The consulate general has its origins in the Swedish consulate that was opened in 1850, which was transformed into a consulate general in 1943.
Up until 1906, San Francisco had been the main U.S. port of entry for Asian immigration and had the largest ethnic Japanese concentration of any city in the United States. [7] Prior to the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, San Francisco had two Japantowns, one on the outskirts of Chinatown, the other in the South of Market area.