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posted by americanInBeijing on April 22, 2008 < view topic

I think I know this one am not a lawyer but I understand it like this: 1. If both parents are Japanese citizens then the child is automatically a Japanese citizen. 2. If one parent is a Japanese citizen and one parent is not then the child is a Japanese citizen, but must choose by age 22 whether to keep Japanese citizenship or the other citizenship. 3. If both parents are non-Japanese, then the child is not a Japanese citizen. This can lead to situations where the child has no citizenship! 4. If both parents are unknown and the child was born in Japan, then the law says that the child is a Japanese citizen.

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