Comments by "Yo2" (@yo2trader539) on "How did you become a Japanese citizen?" video.

おめでとうございます。
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@zuhachan It won't make a difference. You don't even need to married at all. What matters is your financial stability, work experience, language fluency, criminal and tax records, and whether you can contribute to Japanese society.
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Of course. We have naturalized citizens serving as politicians too.
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In most cases, naturalization requires 5 years of consecutive residency in Japan. Student visa years are not included in that calculation. You don't need to be a Permanent Visa holder to apply for Naturalization. But Japan doesn't allow dual-citizenship like other countries, so please be aware. Common requirements are financial stability, basic language fluency, no criminal records in Japan, and massive paperwork to explain/prove your entire life to Japanese immigration. Everything from birth certificate, parent's marriage/divorce papers, and diploma...you will need to submit with a Japanese translation. It's a very long and detailed vetting process, because naturalized citizens will be able to run for office and vote. They have the exact same legal rights and obligations as any natural-born citizen. Permanent Visa is actually more difficult to explain because the residency requirements are diverse. Highly-skilled professionals can obtain Permanent Visa in 3 to 4 years. Spouses of Japanese citizens also have shorter time periods. On paper, it's 10 years of consecutive residency to apply for Permanent Visa. In reality, depending on your income, education, professional background, technical skills marital relations...there are many exceptions to the residency rule.
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We had multiple wars with Russia, and we're technically not at peace. Thus, we limit everything from people to money moving between the two nations since WWII.
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Japan doesn't grant citizenship unless the Russian citizenship is renounced.
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Natural-born citizenship and naturalization are two different things. Japan only applies Jus Sanguinis citizenship rule, so one parent must be a Japanese citizen for the child to be a natural-born citizen. Children of foreign nationals raised in Japan are given priority treatment in Permanent Visa and Naturalization. But Japan doesn't have Jus Soli rule like in many countries of the Americas. Thus being born in Japan doesn't automatically give you Japanese citizenship.
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Actually, it's not that common. The lady from Russia has children who are Japanese citizens, meaning she will always be allowed to live in Japan no matter what her visa status. She can live in Japan on a Spouse Visa or Permanent Visa. We're obviously never going to deport a mother of Japanese citizen.
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KOSEKI is how Japnese Descendants prove their Japanese ancestry. And it's the only way to prove citizenship. It's also the core foundation for taxation, inheritance, mandatory education, and military conscription if need be. We don't give a crap what other countries do or don't do. You only demonstrated your lack of knowledge of how Japnese government services function. KOSEKI is the single most important database of the nation, and you don't have a family branch because you're not a citizen.
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@giadagiuggiola0272 Japanese citizenship can be stripped any time. Not getting caught is not the same as being legal.
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@Pomisher Nobody in Tokyo says TOKYO-JIN. Are you sure she's from Japan?
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Are you using a different definition for citizenship and Permanent Visa from the one in Japan? The video was about 国籍. People with Permanent Visa or 永住許可 are foreign nationals, so we can legally cancel and deport people who are convicted with Permanent Visa. You also lose PV when you live outside for certain number of years.
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@alan_perez127 Good luck in South Korea. From a Japanese perspective, Koreans are psychos when it comes to ethnicity and blood. I had a South Korean colleague who used to tell me that his parents want him to marry only a Korean lady because they think their Korean blood will be contaminated if they don't. That's a level of ethnic awareness that is far beyond any thing I have encountered. That's Neo-Naughty level. Ironically, only 20% of South Koreans carry Haplogroup C, which comes from the Koreanic speakers who migrated to Korean peninsula in ancient times.
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It's part of counter-terrorism and counter-intelligence. The half-brother of the current North Korean leader entered Japan on a fake passport. We arrested and deported the maternal grandfather of the current North Korean leader in the 1950s for human-smuggling. It's why his latr mother was born in Japan. We have had so many South Koreans trying to smuggle themselves into Japan since the Korean War period and committing crimes in Japan. Thus, Japanese immigration is trained to be suspicious of certain passports with no valid visa.
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There are many Nikkei-Jin (Japanese Descendants) who are business-owners, public school teachers, engineers, bankers, doctors, nurses, lawyers, university professors, hairdressers, etc. I've met a few of them in Tokyo who were originally from Peru, Brazil, Colombia, Canada, Philippines, and US. But some Nikkei-jin who come to Japan start out as "contract workers" or "temp workers" in factories on hourly wages. Those who make the effort to absorb Japanese language, culture, and norms eventually are able to integrate socially. Some start their own businesses, others find careers in logistics, construction, hospitality, retail, tourism, transportation, education, healthcare, childcare, etc because there is so much labor shortage. It's a reality that Japanese Descendants who arrive in Japan without basic language fluency, education, or technical skills will face considerably more challenges. It will be difficult to work in a convenience store or fast food industry, if you cannot speak basic Japanese. Conversely, those who have fluency are given preferential conditions for Permanent Visa and Naturalization. (Nikkei-jin need only 5 years of continued residency to apply for Permanent Visa.)
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They can apply but they won't get it. Japanese Immigration checks all the tax filings, social payments, and criminal history.
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Sorry for a dumb question. Do you lose US Permanent Residency if you decide to live outside of the US?
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Actually, the naturalization process itself is same for everybody. There are many spouses of Japanese citizens who aren't eligible for that reason. And most people don't naturalize for the purpose of travelling abroad. It's about assimilation and integration with Japan.
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We don't give Permanent Visa automatically to anybody. The rare legal exception is Special Permanent Residency for descendants of migrants from Taiwan and Korean peninsula prior to their independence. We have a Descendant Visa for children and grandchildren of Japanese citizen. And Permanent Visa can be revoked for crime, failure of tax payments, etc.
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@punkin314 Again, nothing is automatic. Just because you were eligible doesn't mean all off-springs of Japanese citizens are eligible for a Permanent Visa. And we don't call it EIJYUKEN in Japan. We say EIJYU-KYOKA, meaning it can be stripped any time.
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