5 docs tagged with "civil-registry"

Birth registration in Japan requires filing the shussei todoke within 14 days of birth. Learn the documents, the procedure, and what comes next.

Children born in Japan are Japanese only if a parent is Japanese. Learn the citizenship rules, the three parent-nationality cases, and home-country reporting.

Japan's dual nationality choice deadline falls at age 20 for most people; here is the current rule, the pre-2022 transitional exception, and how to file it.

The jūminhyō is Japan's residence record for all legal residents, foreign and Japanese: what it records, the 2012 reform, and how to get a copy.

The koseki is Japan's citizen-only family register: what it records, tohon vs shohon document types, common uses, and how foreign spouses are listed.