Comments by "" (@MayaTheDecemberGirl) on "How did you become a Japanese citizen?" video.

I like what the third person said, that it is important to love the country which citizen You want to become. And also such conditions, like knowing the language, living and working there earlier for some period of time, are of course understandable.
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Japan doesn't allow double citizenship. Only up till the age of 22. When turning 22, they have to choose and renounce citizenship of another state.
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@mili6445 Yes, indeed more people in the comments here have been mentioning this. That these rules prohibiting dual citizenship are in fact ineffective, because there's no real enforcement system.
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For sure, it should be like this - that people who want to live permanently in another country, especially who want to be citizens and enjoy the rights of a citizen, should learn the language and should respect the legal order, values and culture of a country they want to continue to live in.
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@mimosa31112 I think that nowadays majority allows. But of course, not all of them. And You're probably right that many Asian countries do not allow. Of course, it's sovereign decision of each state. But it is still discussed in Japan, and there were even lawsuits filed by Japanese in Japanese courts, who wanted to have double citizenship. Because it said to be troublesome and infringing freedom especially of people who have parents of different nationalities, one Japanese and one of other nationality, who want to have these two citizenships.
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@DBarks38 After the II World War Japan has never signed a peace treaty with Russia (former Soviet Union). It was signed with other states, but not with Russians. So formally they still remain at war. They have also unsettled territorial conflict with Russia about four of the Kuril Islands. Now Japan is also supporting the invaded Ukraine, giving them weapons, and even some group of Japanese went voluntarily to fight in the Ukraine. So they are formally still enemies. And they had wars with Russians not only during the II WW, but also earlier (for instance in the years 1904-1905).
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@DBarks38 And also most, if not all, European countries (maybe only with exception of Serbia) need visa to visit Russia. In the last time, also the European Union has strenghten visa conditions for Russians. But in fact, there are very few Europeans who would like to go there.
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It don't think it can be regarded in terms of "comedy" or being "funny". Because if they become a citizen, they can have all the public rights in a country, especially the right to vote. And voting rights means also being able to influence the society, especially if there is more of such votes. So these are real rights, which are important.
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@Dangomochi1 Actually, I think it is allowe only in case of children/youngsters up to the age of 22. When they turn 22, they have to choose - and if they want to still have Japanese citizenship, they are required to renounce citizenship of another state. And I've read that there were even some lawsuits filed in Japanese courts by Japanese who wanted to change this and were questioning this rule (they wanted to have two citizenships, for instance of a EU member state). There was even an appeal to the Japanese highest court - Supreme Court of Japan in Tokio. But all the claims were rejected. The court upheld the Japan's ban on having double citizenship, as constitutional. So it depends on a state - it's each state sovereign decision.
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But Americans believe that all these different ethnic groups, who are the USA citizens, create as a whole one American nation. So this is different.
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Most states currently allow double citizenship, but not all. It depends on a state, it's sovereign decision of each state.
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In Japan there is ius sanguinis rule, as a main way to become a citizen (so it's by birth of Japanese parents or at least one of the parents being Japanese). The children can have double citizenship up till the age of 22. Then they have to choose and renounce citizenship of another state. And naturalization is not the same as ius sanguinis/ius soli rule. This is another way to acquire citizenship - it regards foreigners who want to become citizens of another state. In every country, apart from ius sanguinis/ius soli rule, there are also rules regarding naturalization of foreigners.
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The same.
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I think yes (as Japan has so-called "ius sanguinis", meaning "by blood", rule regarding acquiring the citizenship). But if a child has double citizenship, he/she must choose at the age of 22 and renounce citizenship of another state (formally cannot have double after the age of 22).
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Well, they should definitely think about this. Especially about allowing double citizenship to the people coming from mixed families, having one of a parent being Japanese. Now such people, when they turn 22, have to choose - and if they want to still have Japanese citizenship, they have to renounce citizenship of another state. There were even lawsuits in Japanese courts of some Japanese who questioned this ban of having double citizenship. I think they should allow this to people from mixed families - especially taking into account that they also have, as is said, quite serious problem with demography, not having enough younger people to work for pensions of increasing number of old people.
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@AlvesHeim Yeah, I know. Not only Ukrainians know what Russia really is. But so many unfortunately are totally ignorant about history and reality.
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Well, of course we know the history. And these were really horrible things happening in the times of war, including the II WW. My country (in Europe) also suffered greatly during the II WW. It would be good that such things really do not happen again in the world.
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Really? Even being a citizen, You will have problems to be employed even in health care, or manufacturing, or news? It doesn't make sense.
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I would never give up my citizenship. I love my country and nation. And yes, it's an European country, belonging to the EU, so we are automatically the EU citizens, which allows us also to have certain common rights under the EU law.
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