captainspoke wrote: ↑Fri Feb 14, 2025 7:43 am
And while Tkydon uses "try to" above, elsewhere I've seen "endeavor to" in place of that. (the whoop-tee-doo version of "try")
In this case, they are both Official Law Translations of the MOJ.
https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.j ... 66#je_at16
第十六条選択の宣言をした日本国民は、外国の国籍の離脱に努めなければならない。
Article 16(1)A Japanese citizen who makes the selection declaration must try to renounce their foreign nationality.
and
https://www.moj.go.jp/ENGLISH/information/tnl-01.html
Article 16.
A Japanese national who has made the declaration of choice shall endeavour to deprive himself or herself of the foreign nationality.
Of course, if there any discrepency between the English and Japanese, the Japanese prevails
adamu wrote: ↑Fri Feb 14, 2025 9:23 am
Tkydon wrote: ↑Fri Feb 14, 2025 5:20 am
A recent case involving a boy who acquired UK Citizenship by Adoption hit the news last year
I wonder if it was a British sense of morality that drove him to sue the government, as opposed to... apply to reaquire citizenship. Or perhaps he wanted dual citizenship so wasn't happy with that option.
I have no idea as it was not reported in the article, but I assume he wasn't happy when he found out that he had lost his Japanese Citizenship the day his parents' application for his British Citizenship was approved and British Citizenship was awarded under section 3(1) of the British Nationality Act 1981, which is not automatic, and triggered Article 11 of the Japanese Nationality Law.
I guess he wanted to avoid the triggering of Article 11
（国籍の喪失）
(Loss of Citizenship)
第十一条日本国民は、自己の志望によつて外国の国籍を取得したときは、日本の国籍を失う。
Article 11(1)If a Japanese citizen acquires the nationality of a foreign country at their own choice, that Japanese citizen loses Japanese citizenship.
２外国の国籍を有する日本国民は、その外国の法令によりその国の国籍を選択したときは、日本の国籍を失う。
(2)A Japanese citizen having the nationality of a foreign country loses Japanese citizenship when they select the nationality of that foreign country according to its laws and regulations.
(Loss of nationality)
Article 11.
1. A Japanese national shall lose Japanese nationality when he or she acquires a foreign nationality by his or her own choice.
2. A Japanese national having a foreign nationality shall lose Japanese nationality if he or she chooses the foreign nationality in accordance with the laws of the foreign country concerned.
There are many people who are trying to have Article 11 removed.
He cannot apply to regain Japanese Citizenship without becoming resident in Japan, and living here for at least 3 years, AND relinquishing UK Citizenship under Article 5-5 of the Japanese Nationality Law. He cannot be Dual under the Japanese Nationality Law.
（帰化）
(Naturalization)
...
Article 5(1)The Minister of Justice may not permit naturalization for a foreign national who has not met the following conditions:
一引き続き五年以上日本に住所を有すること。
...
五国籍を有せず、又は日本の国籍の取得によつてその国籍を失うべきこと。
(v)not having a nationality or having to give up the person's nationality upon the acquisition of Japanese citizenship; and
(Naturalization)
Article 5.
The Minister of Justice shall not permit the naturalization of an alien unless he or she fulfills all of the following conditions:
...
(5) that he or she has no nationality, or the acquisition of Japanese nationality will result in the loss of foreign nationality;