Specifications, shooting tips, and how to submit
A complete guide to preparing your own ID photos for Japanese documents — My Number Card, passport, resume, residence card, and visa. From per-document specifications and background colors to tips for clean smartphone shots and creating photo data, based on official government sources.
Specifications for new passport and renewal photos, plus how to take the facial photo used for online applications via Myna Portal.
Applying for a Japanese passport via MynaPortal: photo specs (600×730px, under 600KB), the upload steps, and how to fix common upload errors.
The signature image for a Japanese passport online application: jpg, 788×284px, under 200KB — plus how to photograph it without shadows.
Japanese passport photo specs: 35×45mm in person, 600×730px online via MynaPortal. ICAO-compliant home shooting with a smartphone.
Specifications, background color, and clothing notes for My Number Card photos, and the common reasons applications are returned.
My Number Card photo size is 35×45 mm for postal application, or 480–6000 px per side online. Full requirements and how to make one from your phone.
Nearly 80% of My Number Card resubmissions are caused by photo defects. The official rejection reasons, plus clothing and background rules.
The 10-year My Number Card renewal needs a new photo. How it differs from the 5-year certificate renewal, the process, and shooting tips.
Photo sizes for resumes, web resumes, and OpenES, and how to create and submit the photo data, organized by use case.
Photos for HR systems like kaonavi and for staff ID cards follow different rules from government ID photos. File specs, background, and what to wear.
Photo specs for Rikunabi NEXT, doda, Mynavi Tenshoku and En Tenshoku, service by service. Japanese web resume photos are 420×560px / 450×600px (3:4, JPEG/PNG, under 2MB). Includes how to prepare a smartphone photo for upload.
The OpenES profile photo is a 3:4 ID photo, around 450×600 pixels. Size, file format, and how to prepare one from your smartphone.
The basics of the Japanese resume (rirekisho) photo: 30×40mm size, background, and the expression and dress conventions employers expect.
ID photo specifications and background colors for residence cards and visas, explained by document.
Visa photo size and requirements for six countries: US, China, India, Russia, Brazil, and Cambodia, compared side by side with sources.
The Japanese residence card photo is 40×30mm with 'no background' — not a specified colour. The official spec, defects, and why editing is banned.
Japan's Specified Residence Card merges the residence card and My Number Card, launching June 14, 2026. Eligibility, applying, and photo specs.
Lighting and composition tips for clean ID photos, how to resize and set backgrounds, skin retouching, and other practical know-how from shooting to editing.
Compare good and bad ID photos side by side with real example images. See exactly how expression, lighting, and posture differ.
With the right lighting and background, a smartphone photo at home can match studio quality. Tips on light direction, timing, and setup.
Automatically replace your ID photo background with plain white. Shoot anywhere regardless of your wall, and meet My Number and passport rules.
Convert your ID photo to the exact size and pixels for My Number, passport, resume, and more. Upload once, download every size you need.
Skin retouching on a Japanese ID photo is generally fine if facial features are unchanged. Which documents allow it, and how far you can go.
AI checks whether your ID photo meets official requirements — face ratio, size, background, and tilt — to reduce rejection risk.
US visa and passport photos are 2×2 inches (51×51mm) — a size Japanese convenience stores don't preset. How to get it right at 7-Eleven or FamilyMart.
The Takken exam application photo is 45×35mm; the licence card photo is 30×24mm. Both specs, plus what gets an application rejected.
Print a passport or ID photo at a 7-Eleven, Lawson, or FamilyMart in Japan. Exact sizes, multicopy-machine steps, and prices from ¥200.
Japanese ID photo sizes: passport 35×45mm (600×730px), My Number Card, resume 30×40mm, and visa. One sourced reference chart for print and online.
One purchase delivers all 19 supported Japanese ID photo formats at no extra cost — My Number, passport, resume, visa, and licence.
