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The term "nationality" (国籍, kokuseki) is used in Japanese to refer to state membership. A naturalized individual receives the same rights as a native-born Japanese person after obtaining kokuseki and becoming a national (国民, kokumin). The word "citizenship" (市民権, shiminken) has several meanings but is typically used to describe a ...
Naturalisation. In 2015, 9,469 applications for Japanese citizenship were approved. The number of foreign residents in Japan applying to naturalize and obtain Japanese citizenship peaked in 2008 at more than 16,000, but declined to 12,442 in 2015. Processing of applications can take up to 18 months.
Takao Ozawa v. United States, 260 U.S. 178 (1922), was a US legal proceeding. The United States Supreme Court found Takao Ozawa, a Japanese American who was born in Japan but had lived in the United States for 20 years, ineligible for naturalization. [1] In 1914, Ozawa filed for United States citizenship under the Naturalization Act of 1906.
During the 18th and most of the 19th centuries, the United States had limited regulation of immigration and naturalization at a national level. Under a mostly prevailing "open border" policy, immigration was generally welcomed, although citizenship was limited to “white persons” as of 1790, and naturalization subject to five year residency ...
Koreans in Osaka, Japan in 1938. Total population. 1,000,000 (total population including Koreans with Japanese citizenship) [1] 434,461 (only including Korean citizens living in Japan in December 2023) South Korea: 410,156. (in December, 2023) [2] North Korea: 24,305.
History of Japanese nationality. The history of Japanese nationality as a chronology of evolving concepts and practices begins in the mid-nineteenth century, as Japan opened diplomatic relations with the west and a modern nation state was established through the Meiji Restoration.
Japanese Americans were initially barred from U.S. military service, but by 1943, they were allowed to join, with 20,000 serving during the war. Over 4,000 students were allowed to leave the camps to attend college. Hospitals in the camps recorded 5,981 births and 1,862 deaths during incarceration.
Visa requirements for Japanese citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Japan. From 2018 to 2024 (with the exception of 2023), Japanese citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to the most countries and territories, [ 1 ] making the Japanese passport rank first in the world ...