---
id: "jp_passport"
kind: "pattern"
status: "draft"
is_pii: true
categories: ["pii", "persons"]
country: ["JP"]
langs: ["ja"]
quality: 85
url: "http://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/jp_passport"
---

# Japanese passport number (`jp_passport`)

> **Draft.** Draft records have not been reviewed yet and may be incomplete or wrong; do not treat them as authoritative for legal or compliance decisions.

Number of a passport issued by Japan - two letters followed by seven digits. The first letter shows the passport type (M for a five-year passport, T for a ten-year one).

- Pattern of: `passport`
- Personal data (PII): yes
- Categories: Personally identifiable information (pii), Person related (persons)
- Countries: Japan (JP)
- Languages: Japanese (ja)
- Classification: identifier

## Detection

Regular expression (Python `re`):

```
^[A-Z]{2}\d{7}$
```

## Examples

- `TK123456` (invalid example) — only six digits

## Mappings

- fhir: `http://hl7.org/fhir/sid/passport-JPN`
- google_dlp: `JAPAN_PASSPORT`
- purview: `Japan passport number`

## Supported by tools

- `awsglue`
- `azureailanguage`
- `googledlp`
- `ibmguardium`
- `microsoftpurview`

## Translations

- ja: 旅券番号

## Sources

- wikipedia: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_passport>
- wikipedia: <https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E5%9B%BD%E6%97%85%E5%88%B8>

## Quality

Score 85/100. Missing: examples.

JSON: <http://registry.apicrafter.io/api/v1/datatypes/jp_passport.json> · Edit: <https://github.com/apicrafter/metacrafter-registry/edit/main/data/datatypes/JP/persons/jp_passport.yaml>