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Speaking of hybrids... debate on multiple nationalities...

Postby gomichild » Thu Jan 01, 2009 11:14 am

Taro Kono, a Lower House member of the Liberal Democratic Party,Image the larger of the two-party ruling coalition, is trying to iron out another wrinkle in the law that became apparent in October when it was learned that Tokyo-born Nobel Prize winner Yoichiro Nambu had given up his Japanese nationality to obtain U.S. citizenship.Image

People like Nambu follow the letter of the law with respect to the Constitution's Article 14, which requires that Japanese renounce other nationalities by the age of 22 if they wish to keep Japanese citizenship. Yet, according to Kono, there are 600,000 to 700,000 Japanese 22 or older with two nationalities, if not more. In other words, fewer than 10 percent of Japanese with more than one nationality make that choice by the time they turn 22, Kono said.


"The current system puts honest people and those who appear in the media at a disadvantage," Kono said. In November, he submitted a proposal to an LDP panel he heads calling for the Nationality Law to be revised to allow Japanese to hold other nationalities.




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Postby FG Lurker » Thu Jan 01, 2009 12:03 pm

I'd definitely apply for Japanese nationality if it meant I didn't have to give up my Canadian passport.
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Postby Samurai_Jerk » Thu Jan 01, 2009 12:19 pm

I might apply to.

Changing the subject a little, I hate the fact that the tax authorities in Japan consider me a permanent resident when immigration doesn't. They can suck my dick if they really think I'm going to report worldwide income.
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Postby MeinJapanLongTime » Thu Jan 01, 2009 12:52 pm

Interesting. We forgot to file the paperwork for dual citizenship when my daughter was born in the US and had to wait for a window to open 8 years later when I didn't have SOFA status in order to get it for her. Just a little over 2 years to go before she supposedly has to choose. She's hoping to finish her first 4 years of college here then go to the US to finish it. I'm pretty sure she won't "declare" one way or the other if she doesn't have to.
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Postby SgtBeavis » Fri Jan 02, 2009 12:06 am

My wife is one of those that became a US citizen but never renounced her Japanese citizenship. She is really hoping this passes. She wants our future kids to have US and Japanese citizenship..
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Postby kusai Jijii » Sun Jan 04, 2009 10:54 am

MeinJapanLongTime wrote:...when I didn't have SOFA status...


SOFA?
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Postby Taro Toporific » Sun Jan 04, 2009 11:04 am

kusai Jijii wrote:SOFA?
Status Of Forces Agreement (with the US military)
It is not obsure term since item "prefered" treatment of SOFA is a common bone of contention in the Japanese press.
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Postby kusai Jijii » Sun Jan 04, 2009 11:49 am

Taro Toporific wrote:Status Of Forces Agreement (with the US military)
It is not obsure term since item "prefered" treatment of SOFA is a common bone of contention in the Japanese press.


Righto. Thanks.
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Postby maraboutslim » Sun Jan 04, 2009 2:00 pm

MeinJapanLongTime wrote:Interesting. We forgot to file the paperwork for dual citizenship when my daughter was born in the US and had to wait for a window to open 8 years later when I didn't have SOFA status in order to get it for her.


I'm curious. Why couldn't you get it done while you were under "SOFA status"? The mother is Japanese, no?
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Postby gkanai » Sun Jan 04, 2009 5:43 pm

gomichild linked to the first of the Japan Times series, THE MANY FACES OF CITIZENSHIP: Debate on multiple nationalities to heat up.

Here are the following articles in the series and an Economist article along the same lines:

THE MANY FACES OF CITIZENSHIP: Benefits in offing for those allowed multiple citizenship

THE MANY FACES OF CITIZENSHIP: Multinationalism remains far from acceptance in Japan

A multicultural Japan? | Don't bring me your huddled masses | The Economist
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