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mtachiba@rkna50.riken.go.jp (Masahiko Tachibana) writes:

>  Some narrow minded Japanese say 'If they want to have rights in Japan,
>they might as well naturalize, or they better get away from here'.
>This is also the attitude of the Government toward them.  But once you
>wish to naturalize, change of name into Japanese way are STRONGLY 
>RECOMMENDED.  If you won't, the offer will be possibly rejected.
>So many Koreans refuse to naturalize because they won't lose their
>identities.  

I've also heard (in s.c.j.) that it isn't possible to be a dual
national so if they become Japanese, they have to give up their
Korean nationality. According to the thread, this doesn't apply only
to Koreans but to anybody: it isn't possible to have Japanese
nationality and any other. 

However, while there was some authoritative evidence given that it
*is* possible for U.S. citizens to be dual nationals (changed maybe
10 years ago?) there wasn't any for Japan. Can anybody confirm this? 

Thanks,

p.s. Nice to see all the activity here :-)

Dave

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