A ‘powerful passport’, for those not in-the-know, basically means one that can get you pretty much wherever you want. If you yield a passport with tonnes of power, it can essentially get you to loads of countries – ideally without the need for a visa.
Every few months (every quarter, to be specific), the Henley Passport Index ranks which little book of stamps can get you the furthest. The ranking uses data from the International Air Transport Association, ranking passports based on the number of countries they can be used to visit visa-free.
And top of the index right now is, drum roll please… Japan