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'Beyond' Singapore, Japan officially became the most powerful passport holder in the world in 2018.

According to the Henley Passport Index released on October 9, Japan is currently the most powerful passport holder on the planet. Thus, Japan officially surpassed Singapore to hold the top spot in 2018.

Specifically, after gaining the right to waive visa to Myanmar in 9/2018, Japanese citizens can reach 190 countries in the world without a visa or can make an on-the-spot visa (visa on arrival). Meanwhile, Singaporeans will be free to freely go to 189 countries and territories. With this advantage, the 'Lion Island' passport is standing at 2nd place.

Japan officially became the world's most powerful passport holder in 2018.

Germany is currently ranked highest in early 2018, now falling to third place with 188 destinations. This number is on par with Korea and France. The two countries of Korea and France increased their ranks to third place compared to the years before being officially granted visa exemption in Uzbekistan and Myanmar.

Singapore passport was dropped to No. 2.

Specifically, on October 5, Uzbekistan exempted visas for French citizens, visa exemption for Japanese and Singaporean citizens in early February this year. Meanwhile, Korean citizens do not need a visa when they arrive in Myanmar since October 1. Paraguay has been exempted from Singapore visas since 2017.

4th place includes Denmark, Finland, Italy, Sweden and Spain.

Two US and British countries are exempted from visa or can work at destinations in 186 places. Both ranked fifth with Norway, Austria, the Netherlands and Portugal. It is known that the United States and the United Kingdom have not extended the 'power zone' to their citizens since the beginning of the year, so it will take a long time for them to return to the position of 'the strongest passport in the world'. at the time of 2015.

Vietnamese passport stands at 90th place.

In contrast, Iraq and Afghanistan continue to hold the position of 'bottom of the table'. Citizens in these two countries can only get up to 30 points without applying for a visa. Meanwhile, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) ranks 21st in the world, up from the 62nd position in 2006 and becoming the strongest passport in the Middle East.

Two of the major countries in the world, including Russia and China, have almost stayed the same. Russia dropped from No. 46 to 47. Meanwhile, China dropped two places to 71. This is a 14-digit increase compared to 2017.

Also according to results from Henley Passport Index, Vietnam is ranked 90th when citizens are exempted from visa or visa at 51 destinations.

Henley Passport index is aggregated and ranked by civil status and residence consulting firm Henley & Partners. The rankings using data provided by IAIA, including 199 passports and 227 destinations, are updated in real time throughout the year when a new visa policy comes into effect.