This is a list of designated third country nationals that require advance authorization to access US military bases in Japan. It should be considered by prospective attendees of the various friendship festivals held at US bases around Japan.
List as of 2011 Afghanistan Algeria Bahrain Bangladesh Belarus Bosnia and Herzegovina Burma (Myanmar) China Cuba Djibouti Egypt Georgia Hong Kong India Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel Jordan Kazakhstan Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Libya Macau Malaysia Nigeria North Korea Pakistan Palestinian Authority Qatar Russian Federation Rwanda Saudi Arabia Singapore Somalia South Africa Sudan Syria Taiwan Tajikistan Tunisia Ukraine United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Venezuela Vietnam Yemen
Inclusion of France While most countries on the list are those with a history of instability or tension with the US, the inclusion of France in 2009 did attract some media attention in Japan when a French citizen was blocked from visiting a "Friendship Day" at Negishi Heights in Yokohama in 2010. As of 2011 France had been removed from the list.
Differences between 2009 and 2011 lists In the 2009 list Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bolivia, Colombia, Croatia, France, Macedonia, Mali, Morocco, Nicaragua, Oman, Peru, Serbia and Montenegro, Turkmenistan and Vietnam were included. In the 2011 list they were removed. In the 2011 list Rwanda and South Africa were added.
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