Japan Passport Photo

About Japan Passport Photo

A Japan passport photo is 35×45 mm - 413×531 pixels at print resolution - with the face 32 to 36 mm from chin to crown on a plain white background, following the ICAO biometric standard set by Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. This tool crops and sizes your photo to exactly that in your browser, with a head-position oval as a guide. Japan is strict about expression and posture: the face and shoulders must be square to the camera with no tilt, and only a genuinely neutral expression is accepted - smiling or raised eyebrows can delay or fail the application. The background must be plain white with no pattern or shadow. Because Japan uses the international 35×45 mm format, the size matches the UK, Schengen and most other countries; what differs is the strict white background and the emphasis on a square, neutral pose. The photo must be borderless and taken within the last six months. Everything runs in this tab - your photo is cropped, sized and handed back without being uploaded, which for a document photo is exactly right. Important: this tool sizes and frames the photo to the exact 35×45 mm dimensions and shows a head-position guide, but it cannot certify that your photo meets every official rule. Always check the result against the official guidance before you submit it.