Japan has the world’s most powerful passport while the UK and USA drop to joint sixth place

Japan has entered 2019 with the world’s most powerful passport, a new global ranking has revealed. Citizens of Japan can visit 190 countries around the world visa-free. The Singaporean and South Korean passports are in joint second place on 189 countries. However, both the UK and USA passports have dropped down the ranking from fifth in 2018 and are both in sixth place now on 185 countries.