Re:Japan Has Changed a Lot
by Cloudef on Thursday January 26, 2023 @12:57AM
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Dual citizenship is kind of gray area in Japan. As long as you don't talk about it, nobody really cares. (And this attitude kind of sums japan as a whole)
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Re:Japan Has Changed a Lot
by digianarchist on Thursday January 26, 2023 @02:08AM
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Don't authorities require evidence that you have given up your previous citizenship? Singapore does.
I wonder how that works for countries where it is a crime to give up the citizenship, does Singapore make an exception?
I am aware that Germany does.
Re:Japan Has Changed a Lot
by digianarchist on Thursday January 26, 2023 @06:45PM
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Some countries have no provisions for giving up citizenship (Argentina I think) so I wonder what happens in those situations.
It's the same in China from what I've heard. Dual British Chinese citizens often just don't tell China that they've become British citizens.
I've definitely heard of cases of people who've had their Japanese citizenship revoked after the authorities found out they were a dual national.
Obviously: rules are rules, and in Japan rules just cannot be broken or bent.
However the level of proactive enforcement of such rules can be very variable. Dual-citizenship can be trivially hidden and nobody will hunt you down for it, particularly if you live abroad. If you bring it to the attention of some authority, though, they will be forced to take action.