Tips for Travelers to Japan: Pay Departure Tax At Airports, Effective from January 7, 2019Japan introduced a departure tax on Monday, collecting 1,000 yen (about USD $9.2) per head from people leaving the country by aircraft or ship, regardless of their nationalities.
The tax is added to airfares or ship fares. Revenues from this tax are intended for measures to accept more visitors from abroad, as the government aims to make Japan a tourism-oriented country.
The government estimates departure tax revenue at 6 billion yen in fiscal 2018 through March and 50 billion yen in fiscal 2019.
Those who to leave Japan within 24 hours after their transit entry, as well as children under the age of two, are exempted from the departure tax.
The levy is not imposed as well on those who depart from Japan after entering the country due to bad weather or other unavoidable circumstances.
