Exorcising Ghosts is a compilation album by the British band Japan, released in November 1984 by record label Virgin.

Besides top 40 hit singles like "Quiet Life", "Visions of China", "Ghosts", and "Nightporter", the double-album set includes album tracks like "Methods of Dance", "Talking Drum" and "Swing" alongside a selection of rarities such as the single B-sides "A Foreign Place" and "Life Without Buildings", the 1981 remix of "Taking Islands in Africa", the instrumental studio recording "Voices Raised in Welcome, Hands Held in Prayer" included on 1983's live album Oil on Canvas and the 12" mix of "The Art of Parties".

As to fit the album onto a single disc, the original CD release omitted five of the sixteen tracks; "Swing", "A Foreign Place", "Taking Islands in Africa", "Sons of Pioneers" and "Voices Raised in Welcome, Hands Held in Prayer".

The cover art is by Russell Mills, "A dark and expressive piece, recalling the rusty hues of the work of Frank "Head of Jym III" Auerbach and that so impressed Sylvian", according to his biographer Martin Power, that the musician bought the original painting.

[9] All tracks are written by David Sylvian, except where notedA review at All Music wrote, "It's not a true career overview, and given that the band only released two albums during its stint on Virgin, a collection that includes at least half of each of those efforts is ultimately a strange exercise in superfluity.