"Simon" <shepshep1@excite.com> wrote in message
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> Hi all, this year I will be visiting Japan with my wife and baby son. It
> will be the first time we have visited Japan since the birth of our baby,
my
> wife is Japanese and tells me that it is better if our baby has a Japanese
> passport as well as an English one.

If it's just a visit, then you can get by without one. Also, IIR up to a
certain age just a copy of the koseki is enough to show he is a Japanese
citizen, although they will tell you to get a passport as soon as possible
at customs (ask your local embassy/consulate for details).

> Do any of you have any experience of this, she tells me that because
Daniel
> (our son) is registered in Japan as well as England it's easier if he has
> both passports.
> Obviously I don't want to have to spend all that extra money if there is
no
> reason to do so, so I'd appreciate any information anyone can give me.
> Simon.

Dude, if you can't afford to buy a passport for your kid, what in Gawd's
name are you doing traveling to Japan?

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Regards,
Ryan Ginstrom