Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!news.daionet.gr.jp!news.yamada.gr.jp!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!newsfeed01.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!p1092-ipbf05yosida.nagano.ocn.ne.JP!not-for-mail From: "mr.sumo.snr" Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan Subject: Re: Alien Registration for kids Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 09:35:49 -0000 Lines: 40 Message-ID: References: <404EDA08.1000402@hotmail.com> <404F4A36.F001D8D5@yahoo.co.jp> NNTP-Posting-Host: p1092-ipbf05yosida.nagano.ocn.ne.jp (221.191.15.92) X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de 1078965361 66941498 I 221.191.15.92 ([141600]) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:12537 "Rafael Caetano" wrote in message news:c2njqb$1vsmch$1@ID-224867.news.uni-berlin.de... > Eric Takabayashi wrote: > > > Rafael Caetano wrote: > (...) > >>I know some Brazilians who have also Japanese citizenship > >>but I've never heard they had to choose one of them, > > > > > > Maybe they are also Japanese citizens, the way Fujimori is a Japanese citizen, > > and Brazil did not force them to choose one or give up their other citizenship, > > the way Japan does. > > I don't know the rules, but the people I know were born in Brazil to > Japanese (as in born in Japan) parents. They have both Brazilian and > Japanese passports. > I still don't understand. If Japan forces them to give up their other > citizenship, what does it matter whether Brazil does the same? > > Is it that Japan doesn't have the means to _enforce_ the rule? I > wouldn't think so, because the Japanese consulate in Brazil is well > aware of people above 18 with double citizenship. > Perhaps it's a exception to Brazilians? > As I facetiously alluded to in another post, I expect the Japanese immigration authorities have better things to do with their time than track down these "past their use by date" holders of dual nationality status. If they were here in Japan and represented a significant minority, then perhaps it would be a different matter - especially if they all tried to vote. -- jonathan