As the rights of citizenship are restricted to the children of male nationals, female citizens are discouraged from marrying men of a distinct race or nationality because their children would be ...

FUKUOKA—The Fukuoka District Court on Dec. 6 ruled that a law that deprives people of their Japanese nationality if they obtain foreign citizenship is constitutional. The lawsuit was filed by ...

This provision, which has been carried over from the old nationality law enacted in the Meiji Era (1868-1912), strips any Japanese national who has voluntarily acquired foreign citizenship of his ...