mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net wrote:
> Scott Reynolds <scottreyn@gmail.com> wrote:
>> mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net wrote:
>>> Scott Reynolds <scottreyn@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net wrote:
> 
> 
>> The only penalty I am aware of is "possible" revocation of one's 
>> Japanese citizenship. The law is quite clear on this point: the Minister 
>> of Justice *may* revoke your Japanese citizenship if you are an adult 
>> (22 or older, actually) and have obtained or failed to relinquish 
>> foreign citizenship. I have never heard of this actually happening, and 
>> I don't know how the immigration people deal with obvious cases of 
>> Japanese adults with dual citizenship (people at the window fumbling 
>> around with multiple passports, for example). I assume the issue must 
>> come up rather frequently, in our modern, international times.
> 
> One woman I know claims she carries both passports in the same pouch,
> offering the proper one to the appropriate immigration official. They
> politely ignore the offending one :-)

That's good to hear. As I say, there must be a lot of people in this 
situation, so I can't imagine it really surprises the immigration 
officials at all.

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