Reporting your Relinquishment/Renunciation/Loss of Nationality to your City Hall or Ward Office
Canadians, like Americans, renounce after obtaining Japanese nationality Depending on your nationality, you may have been required to Relinquish, Renounce, Abandon, or Lose — the exact legalese word that applies depends on your country and your situation — your foreign nationality after you receive your Japanese nationality. The reason why this is done before for some countries, after for others, or not at all for some countries is due to the legal procedures of your other citizenships or nationalities. You will know whether you are required to renounce afterwards or not based on the oath to promise to renounce they give you along with additional written instructions regarding the final steps for naturalization that they give you. Officials inspecting paperwork generally know if you need to get rid of your other nationalities by the field in the 帰化 kika (naturalization) 身分事項 mibun jikō (personal event) in your 戸籍 koseki (family register): the 『帰化の際の国籍』 "kika no sa...