Naturalized Japanese may soon list Taiwan as their original nationality.

From May 26, naturalized Japanese citizens from Taiwan can list Taiwan as their origin in family registers instead of China.

Listen up! So, starting May 26, naturalized Japanese citizens from Taiwan can finally list Taiwan instead of China as their place of origin in their family register. This change comes from a new Justice Ministry ordinance that lets folks list regions, not just countries. It's about time, right?

Now, this mainly affects naturalized citizens, but it also helps foreign spouses and kids adopted by Japanese nationals—because their nationality gets reflected in the family register too. Right now, they had to mark China as their origin since Japan doesn’t officially recognize Taiwan as a country. Talk about a big step forward!

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