In September 2010 the Japanese government completed research into 230,000 "missing" persons age 100 years old or more. Some journalists claimed koseki is an antiquated system that enabled younger family members to receive the pensions of deceased elderly relatives.[10][11]
See also[edit]
Japan portal
Alien registration in Japan
References[edit]
Jump up ^ Chapman, D. (2008), Sealing Japanese identity, Critical Asian Studies, Vol. 40, No. 3, pp. 423 - 443.
Jump up ^ Smith, Thomas (1977), Nakahara: Family Farming and Population in a Japanese Village, 1717-1830, Stanford University Press, pp. 15–16
^ Jump up to: a b c d e David Chapman, Geographies of Self and Other: Mapping Japan through the Koseki, in The Asia-Pacific Journal Vol 9, Issue 29 No 2, July 18, 2011
Jump up ^ Abe, Teruo "Gender identity disorder", Juntendo Medical Journal, Vol. 52, No. 1 (20060331) p. 55–61
^ Jump up to: a b Law on Family Registry, Article 10, 戸籍法第10条
Jump up ^ Law on Family Registry, Article 10-2, 戸籍法第10条の2
Jump up ^ Law on Family Registry, Article 10-2 Paragraph 3, 戸籍法第10条の2第3項
Jump up ^ "国際結婚，海外での出生等に関する戸籍Ｑ＆Ａ 渉外戸籍のホームページ" (Japanese) Answer 6. The name, date of birth and nationality of a foreign spouse of a Japanese citizen and the fact that they are married are recorded in the koseki of the Japanese citizen
Jump up ^ "THE JUUMINHYOU MONDAI" "as a foreigner, you are put down on your spouse's koseki not as a married couple, under the heading "wife" or "husband" like any Japanese, but as a "remark" (bikou, in kanji: 備考) on the form."
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Jump up ^ Washington Post
