Guidance

Japan: Knowledge Base profile

This document contains information about Japan to help His Majesty鈥檚 Passport Office staff process passport applications.

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This document includes information about:

  • names
  • nationality
  • legitimacy and parental responsibility
  • adoption
  • surrogacy
  • gender recognition
  • civil partnerships and marriage
  • documents from Japan

Updates to this page

Published 19 July 2024
Last updated 31 October 2024 show all updates
  1. Updated to clarify how names are shown in Japan.

  2. First published.

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