Japan To Grant Citizenship To 20,000 Out-of-Wedlock Mixed-Race Childre Options

[Whitey]

Japanese Citizenship

The change, which the upper house must approve, applies only to out-of-wedlock children of Japanese fathers and non-Japanese mothers. Under the new law children will be able to claim citizenship for up to 20 years after they’re born; current legislation requires a Japanese father to acknowledge the child while it’s in the womb.

As many as 20,000 children living in Japan may be eligible for citizenship after the change, said Yasuhiro Okuda, a law professor at Chuo University in Tokyo who has followed the case. Still, the legislation enforces the notion that heredity and not birthplace determines Japanese citizenship, he said.

This post has been edited by Whitey: Nov 21 2008, 09:37 PM

[manko]

Japanese Citizenship

Change your thread title. Japan always allowed citizenship to mixed race children. Did you even read the article? They changed the citizenship law for UN-WED Japanese fathers and Non-Japanese Mothers. The previous law required the Father to claim the baby was his while the woman was pregnant. The new law allows them to claim citizenship much like that of WEDDED Dual National Families.