Office Cosmopolitan handles Naturalization procedures. If you have any questions, please ask Office COSMOPLITAN.

The fundamental requirements for the acquisition of Japanese nationality are as follows: Conditions Set Forth in Article 5 of Nationality Law

1. A foreign citizen has been domiciled in Japan for five consecutive years or more.
2. A foreign citizen is not less than eighteen years and of legal capacity under the laws of her/his home country.
3. A foreign citizen is of good and lawful conduct.
4. A foreign citizen is able to make a livelihood by his/her own property or skill, or those of his/her spouse or other relatives with whom he/her lives on common living expenses.
5. A foreign citizen has no nationality, or the acquisition of Japanese nationality will result in the loss of his/her foreign nationality.
6. A foreign citizen has never formed nor belonged to a political party or any other organization which plots or advocates the overthrow of the Constitution of Japan or the Government existing thereunder since the enforcement of the Constitution of Japan. ※ A foreign citizen is also required, in principle, to have the ability to read, write and speak Japanese (at the level of a Japanese child of around eight years old).

Foreign citizens are exempted from the requirement of a domicile specified in Article 5-1 if they fall under any of the following categories.

1. A person who is a child (including a child by special adoption) of a Japanese national and who has had a domicile or a residence in Japan for three consecutive years or more.
2. A person who was born in Japan and has had a domicile or a residence in Japan for three consecutive years or more.
3. A person who was born in Japan and either whose father or mother was born in Japan.
4. A person who has had a residence in Japan for ten consecutive years or more.

Foreign citizens whose spouses are Japanese nationals are exempted from or less bound by the requirements of a domicile and capacity specified in Articles 5-1 and 5-2 if they fall under any of the following categories.

1. A person who has a Japanese spouse, has had a domicile or a residence in Japan for three consecutive years, and has a domicile in Japan at present.
2. A person who has a Japanese spouse, has married such spouse for more than three years, and has had a domicile in Japan for one consecutive year or more.

Foreign citizens are qualified to apply for naturalization if they fall under the above conditions.

Office COSMOPOLITAN supports naturalization procedure with a great deal of experience from a pointed advice to receiving the permission.