I absolutely love this! So educating and eye opening. Didn't know it was even possible to become a Japanese national without being born there! Totally shed light on all of my misconceptions!
That was a very good interview! Every fact came out very clear and Eidos manner of story telling and all his illustrating examples glued me to watch the whole interview, even through I never considered naturalizing to anywhere. I learned so much, while being entertained. I especially liked Eidos opinion about ethnicity and nationality.
As a Brazilian half-Japanese sansei living in Canada, I can identify myself in so many ways during this interview. You would be surprise how the Japanese community in Brazil can still be very conservative, however I can see it changing as the original immigrants and nisei generation start to age.
My experience arriving to Japan: get lost in Haneda in the middle of the night, get on a train looking at a map and confused. Be helped by some salaryman find the place I was going to be staying at, walking with me all the way. Get invited to drink and party (for which I paid nothing all night). Spend the next hours walking around Japan with a bunch of Japanese people, drinking and being shown night restaurants and pubs. These were my first 12 hours in the country, mind you. In 12 hours I already had a drinking party and had gotten invited to stay next time I came to Japan. I don't know if I was crazy lucky or what, but the idea of the Japanese being some sort of crazy xenophobes that tolerate foreigners to get their money was never realistic to me, and was completely disproven to me in just a few hours after arriving. Japan is great, go visit.
I had a good experience living in Japan, but from what I understand there’s a big difference in the welcome based on ethnicity and nationality. White people from the US and Europe tend to get the more welcoming attitudes, apparently. And, of course, one’s own manners make a big difference. Still, there are some businesses that post signs that no foreigners are allowed. 😥
Japanese Asian lifestyle is better than the equivalent European or North American one. Japanese people more often live to an active old age than those of other countries.
"You'll never be accepted as one of them" Rejection is a universal Human experience. No matter where you go, what you try to do, who you try to be, you will always meet people who tell you that you can't. That you aren't real. That nothing you do can turn you into the person you want to be. And I tell you what, there are thousands, maybe millions of native born Japanese people who will tell you you can never be Japanese, and for every single one of those people there is another native born Japanese person who will readily accept you as part of their community. Why would you let only the close minded dictate what you can and cannot be? Who made them the ultimate judge? The supreme decider of Japanese-ness? Part of growing up is learning that you cannot please everyone, and part of maturity is accepting that fact. Find your people, the people who will care about you and want to see you live your best life and join along for the ride and ignore anyone who tells you it's not real.
Greg, thank you so much for this video. It is very informative and Inoue seems such a cool guy. I'm surprised I actually sat through the whole hour. It was that interesting. Good job.
Greg! I am enjoying your content more and more! The 10minutes version is just as good, especially with the animations! I bet those took you a while to edit! Thanks for shedding light on this topic, definitely informative!
Thanks. The thing is, if I knew technically exactly what I wanted to do, the edits wouldn't take so long. But to parse something down into ten minutes that I think people will watch, that does take time for me to think about, and try different approaches before I settle on one that I'm happy with.
Well, don't be too hard on yourself. We're all learning and it's only through these experiences that allows us to learn more. All I'm saying, I am enjoying your work and appreciating the time you took in doing so :)
This has been my favorite video from the X channel so far. You pick your topics and those you interview well. Being American myself I enjoyed hearing of his experience at the American Embassy. I hadn't considered that aspect of naturalizing before but can easily imagine it being that way after hearing what he had to say. Thanks for your work on this and your other channel. I enjoy both greatly.
This was such an eye opening interview! I am studying Japanese and Marketing and want to work in Japan one day. I know there is a possibility that I will fall further in love with Japan and might want to stay there for the long run. I had thought so many misconceptions that you had mentioned and am so happy to hear that I thought wrong.
My first 2 jobs after college were in Japan, and at that time I considered what it might be like to live there long term as a few families I knew had done. This was such a fascinating video, and I enjoyed his explanations and hearing about his experiences. I have a friend in Chiba area who has permanent residency (with a Japanese wife), so these comments really interested me on many levels. So many things he talked about in the video really resonated with me and fascinated me! Thanks!
Same thing happened to me. Came to Australia (Brisbane) as an international student in 1998. Absolutely loved the country. Got my PR and now I am now a citizen.
Great show. I've been watching a lot of Asia content lately. I used to live in Guam and Singapore and visited several other places including Japan. I like reminiscing about the culture. I still take my shoes off in the house at the door way. Thanks for letting me live vicariously through your content.
This was a great topic. I will be transitioning out of military service and will be living in Japan. I am currently learning the language. This give more information on how there policy work. Thank you!
That's a really high quality breaking bones imitation sound at 51:31. If Eido's software engineer career doesn't work out he can take up beatboxing. Seriously though, fantastic video. I feel like I just absorbed months of research and years of life experience from a 1 hour video. Thank you.
"You will never be accepted as one of them" is a typical response regardless of nationality. This is because you have expressed intention to leave one 'tribe' in favour of another, so there are two probable responses: a) They try to dissuade you, with phrases like the above, or with scare tactics like the ones mentioned about the checklist in the Embassy. b) Failing (a), you will be rejected as a social failure that does not deserve the acceptance of either 'tribe'. Eido said that "this is a very mean thing to say", and that is their intention, because they will regard you as someone who tries to shed his heritage along with his nationality, even though that isn't the case.
I think "people ask that question" not because they are mean or see you as a social failure, but they are being straight, they want you to know what really on the Japanese' mindset, not as outsiders' eyes but a practical persons. As he said there are some Japanese (in DNA) who are having USA passports and speaking English as their mother languages, they really know what the Japanese really think of the other side of the world, but they already have the global perspectives, so they are being straight to you and ask you the question. No local Japanese will being so plain about these kind of matter.
I was a bit apprehensive about this, but after he said that you can do any name you want as long as it is in Kanji or Kana, I'm all for it. If I get to live an work in japan for 10+ years, I'll probably think about doing it.
@@justarandomgamer6309 The Monogatari series. If you wanna get into it, start with Bakemonogatari, then Nisemonogatari. Just letting you know, as much as I love it, the show is not for everyone.
I just finished watching the entirety of the video and I've thoroughly enjoyed it oooh yess , this was sooo interesting and informative , thank you both for making this possible ~ and about becoming Japanese , playing it in my head again and again i would 100% want to become Japanese if it wasn't for renouncing your current nationality , it's really hard !
I have followed Eido's website for several years, but this is the first time I have heard him speak of his own experience. I have begun to put the wheels in motion for my own naturalisation after many years here, as the uncertainly as PR under the coronavirus measures makes me feel too unsure about my status. This is a useful video.
Good video, lots of good information, and it was very interesting! Personally I'd never give away my American citizenship, because it's from my home, my birthplace and the land I love dearly. Eido has fallen in love with Japan, has a family, and a career. Even with all my American pride, I can definitely see where he is coming from and sympathize with him. Getting Japanese citizenship and renouncing one's born citizenship is not for everyone, but everyone has their reasons and this video shed alot of light on the process of getting Japanese citizenship for those who are truly interested. Thanks for the great interview!
I lived in Japan for 5 years now. I moved here when I was 22. I hired a lawyer to help me with all the quirks of the paper work. The process should be complete after few more years....
But I have to make sure I work at thr same company and not change for the next few years. Although I been here for 5 years. I left Japan 2 years ago for 91 days and came back to work again. If you are out of the country for more than 90 days than the government does not recognize the time after you come back as a continous stay. Thus I had to start over. So after 3 more years, I will submit my application. Although I still have three years, I understand that will go past very quickly, therefore I hired lawyer who specializes in naturalization a couple months ago and we are going through everything with fine toothed comb to make sure I get naturalized. * Make sure thst you are not late paying taxes. They audit your taxes 1-2 from the time you apply. If you ever are late- that could be bad for you. Good luck
According to my lawyer they only audit 1-2 years in the past from the time you apply. So if you start paying everything on time from this moment on, by the tine you submit your application in three years you should have a good record. But please be aware that they may want to look deeper into your past. Another to watch out fir is your source if income. Try to hold down the same job for 5 years, and never work outside your visa limitations. And one kast thing. Are you paying 年金？If not get enrolled ASAP. The longer you pay, the better record you can make for yourself. But according to my research from a reputable lawyer (not my current lawayer) who specializes in naturilaztion, they only audit 2 years prior to the time you apply for citizenship. So if you plan to submit your application in 3 years, thry to get enrolled this year into 年金ifyou are not already paying. You should have a good recird by that time. The best advice I can give you is to hire a lawyer to make sure you are doing everything correctly.
Hie sir I am a ALT teacher Working Since 2016 An married to Indian we work in Japan paid r Taxes on time but I have a question for u Regarding Income as he said ALT job is Like a hussel But Beside my ALT job income 280000 yen we have a Second Income We have property worth 450000$ that's bring us 220000 yen Is that can also Count
It's a surprisingly big step to give up your nationality. I guess Japan is a pretty good country to be a citizen of - especially if you are married to a national. But my husband and I hesitated to stay in Japan because neither of us was Japanese.
It's nice seeing a none kid video. And it's not that I don't like seeing the kids because I do. Seeing the family life is a nice change from some of the other J-Tuber's and it gives me another prospective on Japan but I do like seeing your take on things. And well this isn't your take, it's still very interesting. So interesting that I've watched first the short video and now the long one. Please make more videos like this.
This was really informative! I always thought Japan was one of those countries where the only way to be a citizen was to have been born there or have a parent that was born there.
My kids are duel citizens as well (Japan and Canada) and I dread the day they have to "choose" :( I kind of see what Eido is say but I wish it wasn't that way. Btw, I love your channel!
I'm no immigration lawyer, but I've actually been doing a fair amount of research on this exact topic just recently. It's actually possible to have your cake in this situation, so long as you don't eat it, if one is American. As a Canadian, something along the same lines might also be possible for your kids, but I've done no specific research on Canada and really have no idea. What I mean is that, as far as I can tell, America has a policy of not recognizing the "choice" that you're alluding to. American/Japanese child dual nationals can basically serve notice to Japan upon turning 20 that they're electing for Japanese citizenship. After this, in the eyes of the Japanese government, that person is now no longer American. Everything good, no problem. However, the American government has quite an involved process to actually renounce citizenship. I think it involves paying a fee of $2,500 in most cases! If you don't render the payment, you're stuck as an American, as far as they're concerned. Thus, you can tell Japan out one side of your mouth "I am Japanese" and still have the American side regard you as a dual national. Essentially, each government can be content in thinking that it got what it wanted and just ignore the other side, haha. This policy might change if the JP government actually requires kids in that situation to present proof that they've actively rid themselves of their other citizenship, but for now, I don't believe it actually requires such proof. As long as you verbally attest to it, that's usually good enough -- regardless of whether or not you follow through. There is a huge catch, though. If the kid EVER actively uses their American citizenship for anything -- applies for a US visa to go to a third country, votes in a US election, etc -- it's regarded as an instantaneous abandonment of their Japanese citizenship by the Japanese government. So, it's kind of "citizenship" in name only -- you can't actually use it for much. (It will still passively afford you certain benefits, like the fact that you can't be denied entry into the US, can't be forcibly deported, and will never have to apply for a visa to enter the US. Also, the kid will have a Social Security number and may be eligible for certain government benefits, if they happen to be living in the US, that are not available to non-citizens. Furthermore, unlike a PR, they will never have to set foot on US soil to maintain these benefits.)
Maybe I missed something, but I wished he would have talked about how he transitioned from teaching English to his engineering job. Did his engineering company sponsor his visa, or was he already married his wife by then an obtained permanent residency?
1.) Thank you for the great interview, Mr Greg Lam! I’ve been subscribed to your two RUclips channels for a few years now. 👍😁☺️😊👌 2.) This is just my opinion … Even if the Government of Japan allowed dual/multiple citizenship/nationality (at the time when Mr Eido Inoue became a naturalized Japanese citizen/national), I think he would still have relinquished/renounced his natural-born US citizenship/nationality because of the USA’s (and individual US states and territories) super complicated tax laws about filing (and paying if need be) your WORLDWIDE INCOME (citizenship-based taxation) to the IRS (and US states’ equivalent agencies if you have ever lived and/or worked in the States) regardless of your country of residence now (and/or you’ve never been/visited the USA in your life or you just happened to be born in US soil [then left shortly afterwards] therefore you have a US birth certificate ; "Accidental American"). Just in case, I don’t think Mr Inoue would have wanted to be double taxed (by 🇯🇵 and the 🇺🇸). Any other nationalities (except Eritrea 🇪🇷 too), if the Japanese Government changes the law and allows dual citizenship in the future, 99% of people would also keep their original nationality because their original home countries are residency-based taxation.
For me giving up my other nationality is just too easy. I am never a citizen to any country. I was a refugee in Thailand and my family moved to the U.S as a legal immigrant with all the paper work. I would like to be Thai as my nationality because of coarse that is where I was born.
I would have an incredibly hard time giving up my Canadian citizenship. I really do love both Japan and Canada and they are both rather prosperous countries.
My Children are half Mexican (their mother is still a Mexican National with temp residency status in the USA which has been renewed every year for more than 15 years) my children are bilingual as am I. My children consider themselves American by country of birth but they consider themselves to be ethnically Mexican. My children even ASKED me permission to consider themselves as Mexican. I told them that they don't owe me anything, they can do as they please, just don't break any laws, do well in school, be good to yourselves (diet, exercise, sanity) and get jobs that they like, or at least they can legally survive from. I put a premium on their grades and their personal well being over anything else. At the end of the day I can only guide them, they must ultimately choose.
A very interesting interview. Earning around ¥300000 per month is actually quite difficult to obtain especially if English isn't your first language. I think the ability to earn that amount is a big barrier to those who would like to seek Japanese nationality.
Planning toNaturalized my citizenship into Japanese. Would you mind if I ask if you wrote your motivational essay on the spot? Right infront of your case worker? Or you bought it at home and wrote it?
I do not understand people who move tp another country and never learn the language or make no effort to embrace their new homes/surroundings. You miss out on so much, including what might be new best friends for life, new experiences of all kinds and quite simply you cut yourself off from a plethora of opportunities to grow as a person👍
This is pretty cool! never heard someone first hand experience with this! I've been wanting to move to Japan with the hopes of living there and becoming a Japanese citizen, so this was a great insight into what that actually takes. I do have one question, how did he get his name? Was it given or is something you can choose?/ and if it is chosen I'd be interested in his thought of why he chose his name.
REALLY nice video! I enjoyed it a lot! But I think you missed pointing out the perks and benefits of becoming a japanese citizen, could you go into more detail about those things?
Eido said there were not restrictions on naming besides being written in japanese, could someone pick a famous samurai name like Oda or Shimazu if they wanted?
DarkMeister41 Yes they can pick that name, there's no claim on that name. It would be like saying nobody can name their kids Leonardo because of Leonardo DeCaprio
Greg, I know u might not respond but im gonna type this anyways. i have a question Can u do a vid talking about ur family?Cause im kinda confused. If u dont want to , thats okay. please and thanks
If you'd like to know about my family, I do have quite a few answers in these LWIF X videos. I also have an about Page that contains a few Q+A videos www.lifewhereimfrom.com/about/. You can feel free to ask questions, but for privacy reasons, sometimes I won't answer things.
John Daub(Only in Japan) have been living in Japan for more than 20 years with no PR. This year he got married to a nice Japanese lady. Norm(Tokyo Lens) have been living in Japan for more than 10 years, also no PR.
@Melxon Literally the minimum period required to apply for naturalization. And I mean LITERALLY because my application was accepted on the exact day that I was eligible.
He mentioned working with a case worker. Is this person a government official that helps you for free? Or are they a private service that you have to hire out?
Very interesting and knowledgeable. Like many people, I think the renouncing of my prior citizenship would prevent me from doing it. I would probably just keep the permanent resident visa. I can definitely understand why after 20 years someone would take the jump. If I get comfortable enough to stay there for over 20 years and find my home country undesirable at that point who knows I might make the jump then too.
From my point of view, SPR is both an acronym (because it takes the first letter of each word in the compound term) and an abbreviation/abridgment (because it is shorter than "Special Permanent Resident"), whereas "Mr." is an abbreviation but not an acronym. But perhaps I fail to understand some kind of pedantic intricacies.
"You will never be accepted as one of them" I hear this response so so many times from 1.5 generation American/Canadian immigrants, people who were born in another country and immigrated to America (or Canada) during their late elementary/junior/high school years. I think part of the reason why they say that is because they might be jealous/envious of others who immigrate by their own will.
I think most of them are talking from their experience of moving to America/Canada. So they assumed it would be the same in Japan. The thing they do not understand is that Japan is not America or Canada.
@@zam023 the difference is that Japan is virtually a single ethnicity, so unless you appear at least Asian, you always will stick out. Immigrants who live in diverse/urban areas of the US or Canada don’t have that issue, unless they have strong accents from their home countries, I think. (I am a Caucasian now living in the US with my Japanese husband, but I also have lived in Japan.)
I have questions Greg that I am not sure you have answers to... military service members stationed in Japan have children born at the military hospital. Our son was born while we were stationed in Okinawa. One thing most Americans don't realize is that the military hospitals are NOT American soil. So we had to apply for a social security card for our son through the US consulate. My question to you is, are military children in this situation considered duel citizens? My son's birth cert is from the American consulate and is worded as "announcement of birth abroad". No one seems to have an answer to this.
Tigerlilycoconut my mother was born in Germany the same way through the Air Force, and was a German American citizen, after she was naturalized after moving back here, my guess is it depends on the host country, in which in Japan she would legally have no citizenship since being born in Japan does not automatically endow citizenship
Ian Mitchell thank you so much! All I could find on this subject were military personnel who were worried about their child having American citizenship, and info on both the American and Japanese embassy webpages on how to go about filling out the paperwork. But nothing on keeping duel citizenship for military children. I do have a Japanese embassy just 15 minutes from my house in downtown Honolulu, I suppose I should schedule a day to actually walk in there and ask.
Birth on a US Military Base is the same as being born in the US. For example, John McCain was born on a base in Panama. He is an American by birth. Please don't spread misinformation. Former USAF Veteran here.
Being born on a base to US parents = US citizen. Japan does not bestow citizenship by Jus Soli (soil/land), meaning they don't give it to people that were born in the country just because of that. The only way to be a Japanese citizen at birth is if you have at least one Japanese citizen parent, and you are entered into said parent's family record registration before the age of majority.
I could be wrong but I believe that in 2011 there was no charge to give up American citizenship. Now the U.S.A. government charges an exorbitant fee--over 2,000 U.S. dollars--to renounce citizenship. Isn't that absolutely ridiculous? One good point about giving up American citizenship is that you are no longer required to file U.S. taxes. Fabulous interview here.
The truth is that I am only learning Japanese in Canada and my Japanese skills are intermediate. But I want to legally change my name to a Japanese name, Shinya (真也). Most Japanese people in Canada get spired. When my Japanese proffered told everyone to introduce themselves in a small presentation. I ended up having to tell everyone and the Professor was like "Shinya, Your kidding.".
It's a lot less scary renouncing your US citizenship when you have a Japanese citizenship and you can go back and visit your family without getting a visa.
Eido's site on naturalization in Japan is generally correct from a legal standpoint. However, it is unfortunate that since he gave up US nationality, he seems to have a grudge against Japanese nationals who are dual nationals and is obsessed with baseless fearmongering threatening a non-existent "administrative denaturalization clause" by which all naturalized persons who are dual nationals would supposedly be deported from Japan. There is no legal basis in Japanese law for any penalties, adverse dispositions, etc. for merely having Japanese nationality and another nationality.
I want to go there and acquire citizenship as well... luckly, you cannot resign to your uruguayan citizenship. You can get the stamp and what not, and do all the paperwork they ask you, however, you only have to return tu uruguay, and go to the city hall, ask for a copy of yoyr birth certificate (if you dont have your old uruguayan passport/id, then go to the nearest Civil identification office and request a new id, basically, once uruguayan, always uruguayan. Its actually in the constitution that you cannot resign it, even if you desire and fill all the japanese paperwork saying so.
@@AK-gt6om yeah. I dont particularly love uruguay, but hey, an extra passport is never a bad thing. Many times even countries which are super close knit politically and economically (like US/UK, US/Cananda Canada/UK UK/australia and so on) will often have different treaties/agreements allies of their own. And whereas an american passport would do you no good in certain places, an UK/australian one could be good enough. Of course, if you have a smaller country's citizenshio (like uruguay in my case) we sre friendly with pretty much everyone, so if tomorrow i get japanese citizenship and i want to get to know china or Korea, no one would bat an eye. Or if i want to go to lebanon "US turist" would be much worse than "south american tourist"
Mira from the Kanadajin3 channel gets so much heat for saying that she wants to naturalize and big j-vloggers spread the hate comment of "you will never be accepted as japanese" which as エイドさん said is a pretty useless and mean thing to say. The truth is most japanese do not even know I am a permanent resident and not american (French) but when they realize I am not a tourist they usually not care as much as people seem to think they would . I am black so what surprise them is when I say I have been here for more than ten years they ask if I came with my parents , nope I just look younger than my age I guess（╹◡╹）
The thing is that, she back stab people. If you do that you will not be accepted into any society, not just Japanese. Hell, I wouldn't want her anywhere near me either and I am not Japanese. So don't fall for her trap using that "I am a victim of society" crap. If a person is bad, they will have a hard time with other people, its that simple.
This was well worth the hour of viewing. He is easy going and good at ad-libbing questions. This is such a hot topic right now in America. I find it baffling why we keep letting people in who can't support themselves and live on welfare. I'm approaching 50 and discovered that is is written in stone that my social security money will be cut by 25%when I retire. So now I have to work longer into my senior years. I wish our country wasn't so lax in the process. They need better standards. Refugees needs to be kept to a precise number. Qualifications need to be higher. I would love to live in Japan, but I have no degrees or formal training in anything. I earn a good living in manual labor. I'm lucky. (I also work hard to keep it) I think the laws Japan has are good as well because it is a dencely populated area, if you had more people I believe it would suffer from over population. Beauty of country would be gone. You already have cities with shrines stuck in between buildings, I would hate for more of it to disappear.
Just a note, I do realize America's money issues arnt all or mostly caused by welfare, I just see so many people around me abusing it that I think it needs to be fixed.
leaving your citizenship for Japanese one is kinda hard, well in my point of view. Its more like because i born here and i love my family, not just because economical benefit. maybe its because how much i love my country even how badly i want to work and stay at japan. maybe im Nationalist kinda guy lol
Amelia Vazquez Ideally, since you are expected to have a certain level of both comprehension and usage of the language then we could say that doing so (writing in kana/kanji) would be the norm/the most acceptable thing to do. If you start studying the language as soon as possible everything (reading, speaking, writing) will be easier for you.
49:00 Wait, but if he goes to the USA and his wife has children they will be American right? USA has a policy of giving citizenship to anyone who is born in the USA even though they aren't supposed to.
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Eido is a pleasure to listen to with a wealth of information.
A big thanks to Eido Inoue for making this interview! :) Thank you for interviewing him :)
I absolutely love this! So educating and eye opening. Didn't know it was even possible to become a Japanese national without being born there! Totally shed light on all of my misconceptions!
Yeah, its a mistake my country has made , allowing foreigners to become Japanese. Something we need correct.
@@渡辺春樹-z7x lmao 🤡
That was a very good interview! Every fact came out very clear and Eidos manner of story telling and all his illustrating examples glued me to watch the whole interview, even through I never considered naturalizing to anywhere. I learned so much, while being entertained. I especially liked Eidos opinion about ethnicity and nationality.
As a Brazilian half-Japanese sansei living in Canada, I can identify myself in so many ways during this interview. You would be surprise how the Japanese community in Brazil can still be very conservative, however I can see it changing as the original immigrants and nisei generation start to age.
My experience arriving to Japan: get lost in Haneda in the middle of the night, get on a train looking at a map and confused. Be helped by some salaryman find the place I was going to be staying at, walking with me all the way. Get invited to drink and party (for which I paid nothing all night). Spend the next hours walking around Japan with a bunch of Japanese people, drinking and being shown night restaurants and pubs. These were my first 12 hours in the country, mind you. In 12 hours I already had a drinking party and had gotten invited to stay next time I came to Japan.
I don't know if I was crazy lucky or what, but the idea of the Japanese being some sort of crazy xenophobes that tolerate foreigners to get their money was never realistic to me, and was completely disproven to me in just a few hours after arriving. Japan is great, go visit.
gosh i wish that were me
Pretty much my experience too. 12 years later and I'm currently waiting on the final approval for naturalization.
I had a good experience living in Japan, but from what I understand there’s a big difference in the welcome based on ethnicity and nationality. White people from the US and Europe tend to get the more welcoming attitudes, apparently. And, of course, one’s own manners make a big difference. Still, there are some businesses that post signs that no foreigners are allowed. 😥
That would. Make an awesome short story or film
Or a novel what an awesome night you had.
1970? You aged well man
Japanese Asian lifestyle is better than the equivalent European or North American one. Japanese people more often live to an active old age than those of other countries.
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"You'll never be accepted as one of them"
Rejection is a universal Human experience. No matter where you go, what you try to do, who you try to be, you will always meet people who tell you that you can't. That you aren't real. That nothing you do can turn you into the person you want to be. And I tell you what, there are thousands, maybe millions of native born Japanese people who will tell you you can never be Japanese, and for every single one of those people there is another native born Japanese person who will readily accept you as part of their community. Why would you let only the close minded dictate what you can and cannot be? Who made them the ultimate judge? The supreme decider of Japanese-ness?
Part of growing up is learning that you cannot please everyone, and part of maturity is accepting that fact. Find your people, the people who will care about you and want to see you live your best life and join along for the ride and ignore anyone who tells you it's not real.
thank you! I will teach my children that.
Greg, thank you so much for this video. It is very informative and Inoue seems such a cool guy. I'm surprised I actually sat through the whole hour. It was that interesting.
Good job.
Greg! I am enjoying your content more and more! The 10minutes version is just as good, especially with the animations! I bet those took you a while to edit! Thanks for shedding light on this topic, definitely informative!
Thanks. The thing is, if I knew technically exactly what I wanted to do, the edits wouldn't take so long. But to parse something down into ten minutes that I think people will watch, that does take time for me to think about, and try different approaches before I settle on one that I'm happy with.
Well, don't be too hard on yourself. We're all learning and it's only through these experiences that allows us to learn more. All I'm saying, I am enjoying your work and appreciating the time you took in doing so :)
This has been my favorite video from the X channel so far. You pick your topics and those you interview well. Being American myself I enjoyed hearing of his experience at the American Embassy. I hadn't considered that aspect of naturalizing before but can easily imagine it being that way after hearing what he had to say. Thanks for your work on this and your other channel. I enjoy both greatly.
This was such an eye opening interview! I am studying Japanese and Marketing and want to work in Japan one day. I know there is a possibility that I will fall further in love with Japan and might want to stay there for the long run. I had thought so many misconceptions that you had mentioned and am so happy to hear that I thought wrong.
My first 2 jobs after college were in Japan, and at that time I considered what it might be like to live there long term as a few families I knew had done. This was such a fascinating video, and I enjoyed his explanations and hearing about his experiences. I have a friend in Chiba area who has permanent residency (with a Japanese wife), so these comments really interested me on many levels. So many things he talked about in the video really resonated with me and fascinated me! Thanks!
Party on Garth!
I thought he looked familiar!
Dude looks like he would be a cool guy to talk and have a couple drinks with.
Same thing happened to me. Came to Australia (Brisbane) as an international student in 1998. Absolutely loved the country. Got my PR and now I am now a citizen.
Great show. I've been watching a lot of Asia content lately. I used to live in Guam and Singapore and visited several other places including Japan. I like reminiscing about the culture. I still take my shoes off in the house at the door way. Thanks for letting me live vicariously through your content.
Great video Greg! I had no idea a name change was involved! That's fascinating. 🤔
This was a great topic. I will be transitioning out of military service and will be living in Japan. I am currently learning the language. This give more information on how there policy work. Thank you!
この動画はとても面白内容でした。帰化された井上さんに敬意を表するとともに、グレッグさんに感謝します。
That's a really high quality breaking bones imitation sound at 51:31. If Eido's software engineer career doesn't work out he can take up beatboxing.
Seriously though, fantastic video. I feel like I just absorbed months of research and years of life experience from a 1 hour video. Thank you.
"You will never be accepted as one of them" is a typical response regardless of nationality.
This is because you have expressed intention to leave one 'tribe' in favour of another, so there are two probable responses:
a) They try to dissuade you, with phrases like the above, or with scare tactics like the ones mentioned about the checklist in the Embassy.
b) Failing (a), you will be rejected as a social failure that does not deserve the acceptance of either 'tribe'. Eido said that "this is a very mean thing to say", and that is their intention, because they will regard you as someone who tries to shed his heritage along with his nationality, even though that isn't the case.
I think "people ask that question" not because they are mean or see you as a social failure, but they are being straight, they want you to know what really on the Japanese' mindset, not as outsiders' eyes but a practical persons. As he said there are some Japanese (in DNA) who are having USA passports and speaking English as their mother languages, they really know what the Japanese really think of the other side of the world, but they already have the global perspectives, so they are being straight to you and ask you the question. No local Japanese will being so plain about these kind of matter.
i would be interested in a similar video to this focusing on getting pr or different long term residency visas.
If you want a summary, I'm sure some of us could answer questions too.
I really enjoyed this interview, thank you to you both! I would like to see more of you on RUclips Eido!
Excellent interview!!! One-hundred thumbs-up!
I was a bit apprehensive about this, but after he said that you can do any name you want as long as it is in Kanji or Kana, I'm all for it. If I get to live an work in japan for 10+ years, I'll probably think about doing it.
007MrYang I know I’m year late and this is pretty random, but what’s your profile pic from?
@@justarandomgamer6309 The Monogatari series. If you wanna get into it, start with Bakemonogatari, then Nisemonogatari. Just letting you know, as much as I love it, the show is not for everyone.
007MrYang oh I actually started watching that a long while ago I just haven’t been able to get back into it after I started school
I just finished watching the entirety of the video and I've thoroughly enjoyed it oooh yess , this was sooo interesting and informative , thank you both for making this possible ~ and about becoming Japanese , playing it in my head again and again i would 100% want to become Japanese if it wasn't for renouncing your current nationality , it's really hard !
watched both. Enjoyed learning so much. He seems like a really nice person.
I have followed Eido's website for several years, but this is the first time I have heard him speak of his own experience. I have begun to put the wheels in motion for my own naturalisation after many years here, as the uncertainly as PR under the coronavirus measures makes me feel too unsure about my status. This is a useful video.
Good video, lots of good information, and it was very interesting! Personally I'd never give away my American citizenship, because it's from my home, my birthplace and the land I love dearly. Eido has fallen in love with Japan, has a family, and a career. Even with all my American pride, I can definitely see where he is coming from and sympathize with him. Getting Japanese citizenship and renouncing one's born citizenship is not for everyone, but everyone has their reasons and this video shed alot of light on the process of getting Japanese citizenship for those who are truly interested. Thanks for the great interview!
I love how Eido wife could make a dark humour with the Immigration officer and even get a bonus point for that
Aiman if I tried that, I’d probably get deported out of the country
I lived in Japan for 5 years now. I moved here when I was 22. I hired a lawyer to help me with all the quirks of the paper work.
The process should be complete after few more years....
But I have to make sure I work at thr same company and not change for the next few years. Although I been here for 5 years. I left Japan 2 years ago for 91 days and came back to work again. If you are out of the country for more than 90 days than the government does not recognize the time after you come back as a continous stay. Thus I had to start over. So after 3 more years, I will submit my application.
Although I still have three years, I understand that will go past very quickly, therefore I hired lawyer who specializes in naturalization a couple months ago and we are going through everything with fine toothed comb to make sure I get naturalized.
* Make sure thst you are not late paying taxes. They audit your taxes 1-2 from the time you apply. If you ever are late- that could be bad for you.
Good luck
According to my lawyer they only audit 1-2 years in the past from the time you apply. So if you start paying everything on time from this moment on, by the tine you submit your application in three years you should have a good record. But please be aware that they may want to look deeper into your past.
Another to watch out fir is your source if income. Try to hold down the same job for 5 years, and never work outside your visa limitations.
And one kast thing. Are you paying 年金？If not get enrolled ASAP. The longer you pay, the better record you can make for yourself. But according to my research from a reputable lawyer (not my current lawayer) who specializes in naturilaztion, they only audit 2 years prior to the time you apply for citizenship. So if you plan to submit your application in 3 years, thry to get enrolled this year into 年金ifyou are not already paying. You should have a good recird by that time.
The best advice I can give you is to hire a lawyer to make sure you are doing everything correctly.
I think its best if we keep in touvh via this comments section. Ill post here after some meaningful update. / Including after I become Japanese.
@@watarikeito hey do you have any updates?
Hie sir I am a ALT teacher Working Since 2016 An married to Indian we work in Japan paid r Taxes on time but I have a question for u Regarding Income as he said ALT job is Like a hussel But Beside my ALT job income 280000 yen we have a Second Income We have property worth 450000$ that's bring us 220000 yen Is that can also Count
Informative video for something I'm considering when I retire.
This was interesting on some many levels!! Thank you!
It's a surprisingly big step to give up your nationality. I guess Japan is a pretty good country to be a citizen of - especially if you are married to a national. But my husband and I hesitated to stay in Japan because neither of us was Japanese.
Really an awesome interview ! Thank you so much for sharing it :)
Awesome video, very informative, well done.
Very informative and entertaining interview. Before i watched this I thought that no one could become Japanese unless they were born there.
Thank you for this, it was very informative!
It's nice seeing a none kid video. And it's not that I don't like seeing the kids because I do. Seeing the family life is a nice change from some of the other J-Tuber's and it gives me another prospective on Japan but I do like seeing your take on things. And well this isn't your take, it's still very interesting. So interesting that I've watched first the short video and now the long one. Please make more videos like this.
This was really informative! I always thought Japan was one of those countries where the only way to be a citizen was to have been born there or have a parent that was born there.
Greg, great video. Any chance you can put timestamps with the questions in the description on this or future videos?
My kids are duel citizens as well (Japan and Canada) and I dread the day they have to "choose" :( I kind of see what Eido is say but I wish it wasn't that way. Btw, I love your channel!
I'm no immigration lawyer, but I've actually been doing a fair amount of research on this exact topic just recently. It's actually possible to have your cake in this situation, so long as you don't eat it, if one is American. As a Canadian, something along the same lines might also be possible for your kids, but I've done no specific research on Canada and really have no idea.
What I mean is that, as far as I can tell, America has a policy of not recognizing the "choice" that you're alluding to. American/Japanese child dual nationals can basically serve notice to Japan upon turning 20 that they're electing for Japanese citizenship. After this, in the eyes of the Japanese government, that person is now no longer American. Everything good, no problem.
However, the American government has quite an involved process to actually renounce citizenship. I think it involves paying a fee of $2,500 in most cases! If you don't render the payment, you're stuck as an American, as far as they're concerned.
Thus, you can tell Japan out one side of your mouth "I am Japanese" and still have the American side regard you as a dual national. Essentially, each government can be content in thinking that it got what it wanted and just ignore the other side, haha.
This policy might change if the JP government actually requires kids in that situation to present proof that they've actively rid themselves of their other citizenship, but for now, I don't believe it actually requires such proof. As long as you verbally attest to it, that's usually good enough -- regardless of whether or not you follow through.
There is a huge catch, though. If the kid EVER actively uses their American citizenship for anything -- applies for a US visa to go to a third country, votes in a US election, etc -- it's regarded as an instantaneous abandonment of their Japanese citizenship by the Japanese government. So, it's kind of "citizenship" in name only -- you can't actually use it for much. (It will still passively afford you certain benefits, like the fact that you can't be denied entry into the US, can't be forcibly deported, and will never have to apply for a visa to enter the US. Also, the kid will have a Social Security number and may be eligible for certain government benefits, if they happen to be living in the US, that are not available to non-citizens. Furthermore, unlike a PR, they will never have to set foot on US soil to maintain these benefits.)
Maybe I missed something, but I wished he would have talked about how he transitioned from teaching English to his engineering job. Did his engineering company sponsor his visa, or was he already married his wife by then an obtained permanent residency?
He was already married.
I leave for Japan in July with the JET program! YES!!!
Mr.Toliver Welcome to Japan! Where will you be stationed?
Hey there! Not there yet, but I will be in Akita Prefecture... :)
King Kaz Treat it as if you are applying for university. Deadlines, transcripts, recommendation letters, the works... ☺
happy for you.
It's been a year since this comment was made, so how is Japan for you so far?
1.) Thank you for the great interview, Mr Greg Lam! I’ve been subscribed to your two RUclips channels for a few years now. 👍😁☺️😊👌
2.) This is just my opinion … Even if the Government of Japan allowed dual/multiple citizenship/nationality (at the time when Mr Eido Inoue became a naturalized Japanese citizen/national), I think he would still have relinquished/renounced his natural-born US citizenship/nationality because of the USA’s (and individual US states and territories) super complicated tax laws about filing (and paying if need be) your WORLDWIDE INCOME (citizenship-based taxation) to the IRS (and US states’ equivalent agencies if you have ever lived and/or worked in the States) regardless of your country of residence now (and/or you’ve never been/visited the USA in your life or you just happened to be born in US soil [then left shortly afterwards] therefore you have a US birth certificate ; "Accidental American").
Just in case, I don’t think Mr Inoue would have wanted to be double taxed (by 🇯🇵 and the 🇺🇸). Any other nationalities (except Eritrea 🇪🇷 too), if the Japanese Government changes the law and allows dual citizenship in the future, 99% of people would also keep their original nationality because their original home countries are residency-based taxation.
Interesting information, good questions.
@56:40 - Stating the obvious, but crown him anyway. Bless him for stating facts.
Very interesting and informative video. Thanks to both of you!
For me giving up my other nationality is just too easy. I am never a citizen to any country. I was a refugee in Thailand and my family moved to the U.S as a legal immigrant with all the paper work. I would like to be Thai as my nationality because of coarse that is where I was born.
I would have an incredibly hard time giving up my Canadian citizenship. I really do love both Japan and Canada and they are both rather prosperous countries.
I wouldn't have a problem with it.
Life Where I'm From X I would have a hard time giving up my American citizenship as I love both countries aswell.
Thank you for all the information !
Excellent video.
Very interesting gentleman! Thank You! 😊👍
My Children are half Mexican (their mother is still a Mexican National with temp residency status in the USA which has been renewed every year for more than 15 years) my children are bilingual as am I. My children consider themselves American by country of birth but they consider themselves to be ethnically Mexican. My children even ASKED me permission to consider themselves as Mexican. I told them that they don't owe me anything, they can do as they please, just don't break any laws, do well in school, be good to yourselves (diet, exercise, sanity) and get jobs that they like, or at least they can legally survive from. I put a premium on their grades and their personal well being over anything else. At the end of the day I can only guide them, they must ultimately choose.
A very interesting interview. Earning around ¥300000 per month is actually quite difficult to obtain especially if English isn't your first language. I think the ability to earn that amount is a big barrier to those who would like to seek Japanese nationality.
That figure is incorrect. There is no requirement to earn that much.
Planning toNaturalized my citizenship into Japanese. Would you mind if I ask if you wrote your motivational essay on the spot? Right infront of your case worker? Or you bought it at home and wrote it?
Wow, this guy is extremely well spoken
I do not understand people who move tp another country and never learn the language or make no effort to embrace their new homes/surroundings. You miss out on so much, including what might be new best friends for life, new experiences of all kinds and quite simply you cut yourself off from a plethora of opportunities to grow as a person👍
This is pretty cool! never heard someone first hand experience with this! I've been wanting to move to Japan with the hopes of living there and becoming a Japanese citizen, so this was a great insight into what that actually takes. I do have one question, how did he get his name? Was it given or is something you can choose?/ and if it is chosen I'd be interested in his thought of why he chose his name.
He took his Japanese wife's name
Very interesting interview. Eido reminds me a bit of Garth Algar(Dana Carvey) :P
From afar, to me he looked like Mac Guyver LOL
uderzo1984 Party on, Wayne.
Ha ha
Great interview
thank you very much Mr Innue for sharing your Story!
REALLY nice video! I enjoyed it a lot!
But I think you missed pointing out the perks and benefits of becoming a japanese citizen, could you go into more detail about those things?
Eido said there were not restrictions on naming besides being written in japanese, could someone pick a famous samurai name like Oda or Shimazu if they wanted?
DarkMeister41 Yes they can pick that name, there's no claim on that name. It would be like saying nobody can name their kids Leonardo because of Leonardo DeCaprio
Thanks for the reply :)
DarkMeister41 No problem!
Greg, I know u might not respond but im gonna type this anyways.
i have a question
Can u do a vid talking about ur family?Cause im kinda confused. If u dont want to , thats okay.
please and thanks
If you'd like to know about my family, I do have quite a few answers in these LWIF X videos. I also have an about Page that contains a few Q+A videos www.lifewhereimfrom.com/about/. You can feel free to ask questions, but for privacy reasons, sometimes I won't answer things.
Life Where I'm From X oh ok. Safety, Family and privacy first. I Understand. Thanks for the vid link!
This is a great review.
Advice,
Interview David Bull and his woodblock.
Hope this synergy help you both.
PR is somewhat the prerequisite of that because basically, I think it's quite hard to meet the first requirement without PR
John Daub(Only in Japan) have been living in Japan for more than 20 years with no PR. This year he got married to a nice Japanese lady.
Norm(Tokyo Lens) have been living in Japan for more than 10 years, also no PR.
I became a naturalized Japanese citizen without having PR.
@Melxon Literally the minimum period required to apply for naturalization. And I mean LITERALLY because my application was accepted on the exact day that I was eligible.
He mentioned working with a case worker. Is this person a government official that helps you for free? Or are they a private service that you have to hire out?
Very interesting and knowledgeable. Like many people, I think the renouncing of my prior citizenship would prevent me from doing it. I would probably just keep the permanent resident visa. I can definitely understand why after 20 years someone would take the jump. If I get comfortable enough to stay there for over 20 years and find my home country undesirable at that point who knows I might make the jump then too.
I enjoy a man who appreciates the difference between an abbreviation and an acronym.
From my point of view, SPR is both an acronym (because it takes the first letter of each word in the compound term) and an abbreviation/abridgment (because it is shorter than "Special Permanent Resident"), whereas "Mr." is an abbreviation but not an acronym. But perhaps I fail to understand some kind of pedantic intricacies.
42:28 😂 I love this part.
My grandma was born in japan in 1950, but achieved her American citizenship in 2011 would that have a significant affect on my application
"You will never be accepted as one of them" I hear this response so so many times from 1.5 generation American/Canadian immigrants, people who were born in another country and immigrated to America (or Canada) during their late elementary/junior/high school years. I think part of the reason why they say that is because they might be jealous/envious of others who immigrate by their own will.
I think most of them are talking from their experience of moving to America/Canada. So they assumed it would be the same in Japan. The thing they do not understand is that Japan is not America or Canada.
@@zam023 the difference is that Japan is virtually a single ethnicity, so unless you appear at least Asian, you always will stick out. Immigrants who live in diverse/urban areas of the US or Canada don’t have that issue, unless they have strong accents from their home countries, I think. (I am a Caucasian now living in the US with my Japanese husband, but I also have lived in Japan.)
Very well said..thanks
I have questions Greg that I am not sure you have answers to... military service members stationed in Japan have children born at the military hospital. Our son was born while we were stationed in Okinawa. One thing most Americans don't realize is that the military hospitals are NOT American soil. So we had to apply for a social security card for our son through the US consulate. My question to you is, are military children in this situation considered duel citizens? My son's birth cert is from the American consulate and is worded as "announcement of birth abroad". No one seems to have an answer to this.
+Tigerlilycoconut Good question, no clue. Interesting situation.
Tigerlilycoconut my mother was born in Germany the same way through the Air Force, and was a German American citizen, after she was naturalized after moving back here, my guess is it depends on the host country, in which in Japan she would legally have no citizenship since being born in Japan does not automatically endow citizenship
Ian Mitchell thank you so much! All I could find on this subject were military personnel who were worried about their child having American citizenship, and info on both the American and Japanese embassy webpages on how to go about filling out the paperwork. But nothing on keeping duel citizenship for military children. I do have a Japanese embassy just 15 minutes from my house in downtown Honolulu, I suppose I should schedule a day to actually walk in there and ask.
Birth on a US Military Base is the same as being born in the US. For example, John McCain was born on a base in Panama. He is an American by birth. Please don't spread misinformation. Former USAF Veteran here.
Being born on a base to US parents = US citizen.
Japan does not bestow citizenship by Jus Soli (soil/land), meaning they don't give it to people that were born in the country just because of that. The only way to be a Japanese citizen at birth is if you have at least one Japanese citizen parent, and you are entered into said parent's family record registration before the age of majority.
Lol I have dual nationality. I could never give that up. Its just japan after all. PR would be fine.
ドク もう日本に住んでるよ~ ♬
Xul Apostasy I agree. I think I would have to stick with PR.
I could be wrong but I believe that in 2011 there was no charge to give up American citizenship. Now the U.S.A. government charges an exorbitant fee--over 2,000 U.S. dollars--to renounce citizenship. Isn't that absolutely ridiculous?
One good point about giving up American citizenship is that you are no longer required to file U.S. taxes.
Fabulous interview here.
The truth is that I am only learning Japanese in Canada and my Japanese skills are intermediate. But I want to legally change my name to a Japanese name, Shinya (真也). Most Japanese people in Canada get spired. When my Japanese proffered told everyone to introduce themselves in a small presentation. I ended up having to tell everyone and the Professor was like "Shinya, Your kidding.".
Greg would you ever consider this process?
I want to move there so SO BAD. Don’t have a degree but i should be fluent this year..
This guy looks like Dana Carvey .
It's a solid fall back plan 🇨🇦
What does PR mean here?
Permanent Residency...? I'm guessing
EXCELLENT!
It's a lot less scary renouncing your US citizenship when you have a Japanese citizenship and you can go back and visit your family without getting a visa.
Can you give some tips for us
I love that quote "A nationality is a lot like a political party"
There's a lot of accidental Americans out there. haha... That cracked me up.
Planing to become Japanese after graduation !
Do you have to be professional to get a Japanese Citizenship in 3 years?
Happier in Japan than in the US?! You don't say.
Not for everyone,god bless him
Eido's site on naturalization in Japan is generally correct from a legal standpoint. However, it is unfortunate that since he gave up US nationality, he seems to have a grudge against Japanese nationals who are dual nationals and is obsessed with baseless fearmongering threatening a non-existent "administrative denaturalization clause" by which all naturalized persons who are dual nationals would supposedly be deported from Japan. There is no legal basis in Japanese law for any penalties, adverse dispositions, etc. for merely having Japanese nationality and another nationality.
I want to go there and acquire citizenship as well... luckly, you cannot resign to your uruguayan citizenship. You can get the stamp and what not, and do all the paperwork they ask you, however, you only have to return tu uruguay, and go to the city hall, ask for a copy of yoyr birth certificate (if you dont have your old uruguayan passport/id, then go to the nearest Civil identification office and request a new id, basically, once uruguayan, always uruguayan. Its actually in the constitution that you cannot resign it, even if you desire and fill all the japanese paperwork saying so.
Same here for my country, not that I would like to keep it anyway. Useless passport which gives restrictions since birth...
@@AK-gt6om yeah. I dont particularly love uruguay, but hey, an extra passport is never a bad thing. Many times even countries which are super close knit politically and economically (like US/UK, US/Cananda Canada/UK UK/australia and so on) will often have different treaties/agreements allies of their own. And whereas an american passport would do you no good in certain places, an UK/australian one could be good enough.
Of course, if you have a smaller country's citizenshio (like uruguay in my case) we sre friendly with pretty much everyone, so if tomorrow i get japanese citizenship and i want to get to know china or Korea, no one would bat an eye.
Or if i want to go to lebanon "US turist" would be much worse than "south american tourist"
Mira from the Kanadajin3 channel gets so much heat for saying that she wants to naturalize and big j-vloggers spread the hate comment of "you will never be accepted as japanese" which as エイドさん said is a pretty useless and mean thing to say. The truth is most japanese do not even know I am a permanent resident and not american (French) but when they realize I am not a tourist they usually not care as much as people seem to think they would . I am black so what surprise them is when I say I have been here for more than ten years they ask if I came with my parents , nope I just look younger than my age I guess（╹◡╹）
The thing is that, she back stab people. If you do that you will not be accepted into any society, not just Japanese. Hell, I wouldn't want her anywhere near me either and I am not Japanese. So don't fall for her trap using that "I am a victim of society" crap. If a person is bad, they will have a hard time with other people, its that simple.
This was well worth the hour of viewing. He is easy going and good at ad-libbing questions. This is such a hot topic right now in America. I find it baffling why we keep letting people in who can't support themselves and live on welfare. I'm approaching 50 and discovered that is is written in stone that my social security money will be cut by 25%when I retire. So now I have to work longer into my senior years. I wish our country wasn't so lax in the process. They need better standards. Refugees needs to be kept to a precise number. Qualifications need to be higher. I would love to live in Japan, but I have no degrees or formal training in anything. I earn a good living in manual labor. I'm lucky. (I also work hard to keep it) I think the laws Japan has are good as well because it is a dencely populated area, if you had more people I believe it would suffer from over population. Beauty of country would be gone. You already have cities with shrines stuck in between buildings, I would hate for more of it to disappear.
Just a note, I do realize America's money issues arnt all or mostly caused by welfare, I just see so many people around me abusing it that I think it needs to be fixed.
This dude gave up American citizenship.
leaving your citizenship for Japanese one is kinda hard, well in my point of view. Its more like because i born here and i love my family, not just because economical benefit. maybe its because how much i love my country even how badly i want to work and stay at japan. maybe im Nationalist kinda guy lol
Nope; just natural feelings
Do we have to write in kanji?
Amelia Vazquez
Ideally, since you are expected to have a certain level of both comprehension and usage of the language then we could say that doing so (writing in kana/kanji) would be the norm/the most acceptable thing to do.
If you start studying the language as soon as possible everything (reading, speaking, writing) will be easier for you.
49:00 Wait, but if he goes to the USA and his wife has children they will be American right? USA has a policy of giving citizenship to anyone who is born in the USA even though they aren't supposed to.
I am more than willing to throw away my current nationality. The moment i set foot in Japan, i am never leaving.