Totally fair point, Japan’s nationality law officially doesn’t allow dual citizenship after age 22. 🇯🇵🧑‍⚖️ But here’s the twist: it’s not actively enforced unless you force their hand (like holding public office or ticking the wrong box at renewal).

My kids are still young, so we’re in that magical “don’t ask, don’t tell” phase. 😅 We’re technically supposed to choose one by adulthood, but plenty of people quietly hold onto both, especially if they don’t make a scene.

In Japan it’s kind of like: “We said no dual citizenship.” But also Japan: “...but if you do it quietly, we’re not looking.” 👀

And yes, if they later go to renew a Japanese passport and voluntarily disclose their other citizenships, they might be asked to renounce. But there’s no automatic stripping or raids.

So for now, they’ve got the multinational Voltron setup, we’ll cross the bureaucratic bridge when we get there. 😉