The Tour of Japan is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Japan since 1996 as part of the UCI Asia Tour.
It is sanctioned by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as a 2.1 category race.
Tour of Japan was formed as the successor of the Kokusai Cycle Road Race which began in 1982.
The 2021 edition was held as a class 2.2 event and a three-day stage race with all domestic teams, exempted by the UCI from the mandatory invitation of foreign teams under Japan's international travel restrictions.
The 2022 edition was held as a four-stages, class 2.2 event.