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Vietnam obtains highest number of visas issued by Japan in 2021

Vietnam was the top recipient of Japanese visas last year, with a total of 15,434 people obtaining the official mark in their passports.
Vietnam obtains highest number of visas issued by Japan in 2021 ảnh 1People wait in line to check-in at Vietnam Airlines counters at Narita airport in Japan. (Photo: VNA)
Tokyo (VNA) – Vietnam was the top recipient of Japanesevisas last year, with a total of 15,434 people obtaining the official mark intheir passports.

Per statistics of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Vietnam,China and the US accounted for around 40 percent of the total number of visasissued by the country in 2021.

Accordingly, Vietnamese nationals secured 17 percent of thetotal visas issued, followed by Chinese with 14 percent and Americans with 10percent.

All embassies, consulates and consular offices of Japan issued90,306 visas last year, a decrease of approximately 92 percent from the previous year. Thereduction was attributable to strengthened border control measures against thespread of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Among the overseas diplomatic establishments, the Embassy ofJapan in Vietnam, the Philippines, and the Republic of Korea issued the highestnumber of visas./. 
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