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Originally Posted by Ronin4hire
I'm not familiar with the laws off the top of my head.
All I know is that they are pretty strict.
If I remember correctly.. basically if you are a foriegner it is possible to live and work in Japan indefinitely, but the expectation is that as a foriegner you will one day leave.
I can't remember if you can become a citizen through marriage. But if you can that's about the only way you can. It is not unheard of to become a citizen via other means though... just really difficult.
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Yeah thats what I thought, marriage is the only way to becoem a citizen, which of course grant you the benefit of being Japanese citizen (Which is not much anyways)... i think i saw somewhere that you can also become a citizen if your parents are japanese, and to proof it, all you need is an old enough couple singing to say that "Yes this is my kid", it has to be reasonable of course, i mean, i don't think a Japanese couple declairing a Caucasian kid as their child will cut it
For those who know, what about in the case of an adoption? And If let say a foreigh couple working in Japan for an extended period of time and gave birth to a baby in Japan, what citizenship will the baby be?