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Some years ago when the tax office wanted to deduct money for that, at first there was a catch and it wouldn't go thru because my bank account name was different. I talked to the bank (local/regional), and without changing anything, account name or tax name, I guess it was solved in the back someho...

My name change on Rakuten Shouken has gone through, so it now matches my alias. I'm pretty sure my Card name change will be fine, the only worry is Bank. As it is not my main bank account (my plan was to make it so once everything else is set up), if the name change isn't accepted, I could try closi...

Good news! I went to the city office again and manage to register my alias this time! Didn't even need my wife, just needed to be served by someone who knew what they were doing :lol: Now I need to change the name of all of my accounts to match, as the alias is in katakana (you can't use English let...

One other possible answer to these problems is to register an alias (別名 I think, but no documentation to hand). I went to the city office, and I think merely had to show that I was already using チャンドラー　ブライアン, i.e. my name without middle name in katakana, with something like an electricity bill. My ...

I'm surprised Shoken and Bank allowed you to not use your full name. They're usually super anal about wanting the name to be the same as the zairyu and mynumber card. What you should have done is update Rakuten Card with your full name (they'll send you a paper application form). The ideal way to d...

Hello everyone, I am currently trying to set up my iDeCo account and have run into the same issue repeatedly, that being my middle names. I have seen many other people complaining about similar issues. I created Rakuten Bank, Card and Shouken accounts, with the intention of having everything consoli...