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The Japan Agency for Local Authority Information Systems (地方公共団体情報システム機構).
外国人住民
A person without Japanese nationality who has an address in a municipality and is a mid- to long-term resident (中長期在留者), a special permanent resident (特別永住者), a person granted landing permission for temporary refuge or permission for provisional stay, or a person allowed to stay on for up to 60 days after birth in Japan or loss of Japanese nationality (経過滞在者).
それぞれ住民基本台帳法（以下「法」という。）第七条第八号の二、第十号から第十一号の二まで若しくは第十三号、第十五条の二第一項、第十五条の三第一項、第二十一条第一項、第二十二条第一項、第二十三条又は第三十条の四十五に規定する個人番号、国民健康保険の被保険者、後期高齢者医療の被保険者、介護保険の被保険者、国民年金の被保険者、児童手当の支給を受けている者、住民票コード、除票、転出、戸籍の附票の除票、転入、転居又は外国人住民
A moving-out notification as referred to in Article 24-2, paragraph (1) of the Residential Basic Book Act: the notification under Article 24 of that Act of one's name, destination and expected moving date that a person moving out of a municipality must give its mayor in advance.
Identity confirmation information retained by the Agency (機構保存本人確認情報) — what the Japan Agency for Local Authority Information Systems keeps under Article 30-7, paragraph (4) of the Residential Basic Book Act — other than the resident record code (住民票コード).
特定機構保存附票本人確認情報
Family register supplement identity confirmation information retained by the Agency (機構保存附票本人確認情報) — what the Japan Agency for Local Authority Information Systems keeps under Article 30-42, paragraph (4) of the Residential Basic Book Act — other than the resident record code (住民票コード).
A surname a person used in the past that is entered or recorded in their family register (戸籍) or a removed family register, as provided for in Article 30-13 of this Order.
住民基本台帳法施行令第三十条の十三に規定する旧氏
A notification under Article 22 of the Residential Basic Book Act, which a person who has newly set up their address in a municipality, other than by birth, must give its mayor within 14 days of moving in.
第三号旧住民基本台帳法
In the supplementary provisions (附則) of Cabinet Order No. 301 of 2015, the Residential Basic Book Act as it stood before Article 19 of the Act on Arrangement of Relevant Acts Incidental to Enforcement of the Act on the Use of Numbers to Identify a Specific Individual in Administrative Procedures (Act No. 28 of 2013) amended it.
Whether a person insured under the National Pension (国民年金) is a category 1 insured person (第一号被保険者) under Article 7, paragraph (1), item (i) of the National Pension Act or a voluntarily insured person under Article 5 of the original supplementary provisions (附則) of that Act, the provision Article 4 names.
国民年金法第七条第一項第一号に規定する第一号被保険者又は前条に規定する法令の規定による国民年金の被保険者のいずれであるかの区別
基礎年金番号
The Basic Pension Number provided for in Article 14 of the National Pension Act: the symbols and numbers, set by Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Order (厚生労働省令), used to carry out the work of the government-run pension programs and recorded for each insured person in the National Pension register.
国民年金法第十四条に規定する基礎年金番号
In Articles 30-6 and 30-7 and Article 34, paragraph (2), identity confirmation information as defined in Article 30-6, paragraph (1) of the Residential Basic Book Act: the name and its kana reading, date of birth, sex, address, Individual Number (個人番号) and resident record code (住民票コード) on a person's certificate of residence (住民票), or on one that has been deleted, together with details of the entries that Cabinet Order (政令) sets — the information a municipal mayor passes to the prefectural governor.
In Articles 30-12-4 and 30-12-5 and Article 34, paragraph (3), family register supplement identity confirmation information as defined in Article 30-41, paragraph (1) of the Residential Basic Book Act: the name and its kana reading, address (or, for a person who has moved out of Japan, that fact), date of birth, sex and resident record code (住民票コード) on a family register supplement (戸籍の附票), or on one that has been deleted, together with details of the entries that Cabinet Order (政令) sets — the information a municipal mayor passes to the prefectural governor.
振り仮名
In Articles 30-13 and 30-14, the kana showing how the characters of a former surname (旧氏) are read, as entered or recorded in the person's family register (戸籍) or removed family register.
旧氏に用いられる文字の読み方を示す文字であつて、その者に係る戸籍又は除かれた戸籍に記載又は記録がされているもの
A name other than a foreign resident's legal name (氏名) that is in use in their social life in Japan, or that for another reason is found necessary to enter on their certificate of residence (住民票) to certify their residence, as provided for in Article 30-16, paragraph (1) of this Order.
氏名以外の呼称であつて、国内における社会生活上通用していることその他の事由により居住関係の公証のために住民票に記載をすることが必要であると認められるもの
In Articles 30-14 and 30-16 and in the supplementary provisions (附則) of Cabinet Order No. 17 of 2025, the mayor of the municipality whose Basic Resident Register (住民基本台帳) records the person making the request or application.
同令第三十条の十四第一項に規定する住所地市町村長
The certificate of moving out that the mayor of a person's former municipality issues — the document on a change of address that Article 22, paragraph (2) of the Residential Basic Book Act requires a person to attach to their moving-in notification (転入届).
番号利用法整備法
Short name for the Act on Arrangement of Relevant Acts Incidental to Enforcement of the Act on the Use of Numbers to Identify a Specific Individual in Administrative Procedures (Act No. 28 of 2013).
The kana showing how the characters of a former surname (旧氏) are read, as entered or recorded in the person's family register (戸籍) or a removed family register, as provided for in Article 30-13 of this Order.
住民基本台帳法施行令第三十条の十三に規定する旧氏の振り仮名
A notification under Article 23 of the Residential Basic Book Act, which a person who has changed their address within the same municipality must give its mayor within 14 days of the move.
改正法
In the supplementary provisions (附則) of Cabinet Order No. 253 of 2010, the Act Partially Amending the Residential Basic Book Act (Act No. 77 of 2009).
A provisional certificate of residence (住民票) that a municipal mayor draws up under Article 3 of the supplementary provisions (附則) of Act No. 77 of 2009 for a foreign national registered in the municipality's alien registration record (外国人登録原票) and expected to be a foreign resident (外国人住民) there on the item (i) effective date (第一号施行日).
The date Cabinet Order No. 301 of 2015, the amending Cabinet Order these supplementary provisions (附則) belong to, comes into effect.
Making an entry in a certificate of residence (住民票), deleting it, or correcting an entry in it.
The first moving-in notification as defined in Article 24-2, paragraph (1) of the Residential Basic Book Act: the first notification under Article 22, paragraph (1) of that Act that a person holding an Individual Number Card (個人番号カード) makes after the day they filed a moving-out notification (転出届).
法第二十四条の二第一項に規定する最初の転入届
個人番号カード
An Individual Number Card as defined in Article 2, paragraph (7) of the Act on the Use of Numbers to Identify a Specific Individual in Administrative Procedures: a card showing, among other things, the holder's name, address, date of birth, sex and Individual Number (個人番号), with a photograph unless the holder is below an age set by Ministerial Order, and with that information also recorded electronically.
番号利用法第二条第七項に規定する個人番号カード
The first moving-in notification concerning a household member as defined in Article 24-2, paragraph (2) of the Residential Basic Book Act: the first notification under Article 22, paragraph (1) of that Act for a household member (世帯員) without an Individual Number Card (個人番号カード), made after their moving-out notification (転出届) by the householder (世帯主) on their behalf together with the householder's own.
同条第二項に規定する最初の世帯員に関する転入届
In Articles 27 to 28, a mid- to long-term resident, etc. as defined in Article 30-46 of the Residential Basic Book Act: a foreign national in any category of the table in Article 30-45 of that Act — a mid- to long-term resident (中長期在留者), a special permanent resident (特別永住者), or a person granted landing permission for temporary refuge or permission for provisional stay — other than a person staying on after birth or loss of Japanese nationality (経過滞在者).
法第三十条の四十六に規定する中長期在留者等
In Articles 30-8 and 30-12-6, an organ of the State (国の機関) or a juridical person listed in the left-hand column of Appended Table 1 of the Residential Basic Book Act, to which the Japan Agency for Local Authority Information Systems (機構) provides information it retains.
In Article 30-12 and Article 30-12-2, paragraph (3), identity confirmation information retained by the prefectural governor (都道府県知事保存本人確認情報) under Article 30-6, paragraph (4) of the Residential Basic Book Act, other than the resident record code (住民票コード).
都道府県知事以外の執行機関
In Articles 30-12 and 30-12-11, an executive body of the prefecture other than its governor, to which the governor provides the identity confirmation information it retains.
準法定事務処理者
In Article 30-12-2, paragraph (2) and Article 30-12-13, paragraph (1), a handler of quasi-statutory work as defined in Article 30-15-2, paragraph (1) of the Residential Basic Book Act: an organ of the State or a juridical person listed in Appended Table 1 of that Act, a municipal mayor or other municipal body, or a governor or other body of a prefecture other than the notifying prefecture (通知都道府県), that a Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Order (総務省令) names as handling the quasi-statutory work (準法定事務) the Order specifies.
都道府県準法定事務処理者
In Article 30-12-2, paragraph (3) and Article 30-12-13, paragraph (2), an executive body of the prefecture other than its governor that a Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Order (総務省令) names, under Article 30-15-2, paragraph (3) of the Residential Basic Book Act, as handling the quasi-statutory work (準法定事務) the Order specifies.
特定都道府県知事保存附票本人確認情報
In Article 30-12-11 and Article 30-12-13, paragraph (2), family register supplement identity confirmation information retained by the prefectural governor (都道府県知事保存附票本人確認情報) under Article 30-41, paragraph (4) of the Residential Basic Book Act, other than the resident record code (住民票コード).
What Article 30-17, paragraph (1) of this Order has entered on a foreign resident's certificate of residence (住民票): the name of the municipality (or Tokyo special ward) that entered a commonly used name (通称) and the date, and, when one is deleted, that name with the municipality and the date of deletion.
番号利用法施行令
Short name, in Articles 20-2, 30-8-2 and 30-12-7, for the Order for Enforcement of Act on the Use of Numbers to Identify a Specific Individual in Administrative Procedures (Cabinet Order No. 155 of 2014).
In Articles 30-14 and 30-16 and in the supplementary provisions (附則) of Cabinet Order No. 17 of 2025, the mayor of the municipality whose Basic Resident Register (住民基本台帳) records the person making the request or application.
In Articles 30-14 and 30-16 and in the supplementary provisions (附則) of Cabinet Order No. 17 of 2025, the mayor of the municipality whose Basic Resident Register (住民基本台帳) records the person making the request or application.
第三号新住民基本台帳法
In Articles 3 and 5 of the supplementary provisions (附則) of Cabinet Order No. 301 of 2015, the Residential Basic Book Act as amended by Article 19 of the Act on Arrangement of Relevant Acts Incidental to Enforcement of the Act on the Use of Numbers to Identify a Specific Individual in Administrative Procedures (Act No. 28 of 2013).
第四号新住民基本台帳法
In Articles 4 and 5 of the supplementary provisions (附則) of Cabinet Order No. 301 of 2015, the Residential Basic Book Act as amended by Article 21 of the Act on Arrangement of Relevant Acts Incidental to Enforcement of the Act on the Use of Numbers to Identify a Specific Individual in Administrative Procedures (Act No. 28 of 2013).
In the supplementary provisions (附則) of Cabinet Order No. 17 of 2025, 26 May 2025: the date the provisions listed in Article 1, item (iii) of the supplementary provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Act on the Use of Numbers to Identify a Specific Individual in Administrative Procedures, etc. (Act No. 48 of 2023) come into effect, and with them that Cabinet Order.
被保険者記号・番号
In Article 27, the symbol, number or other code that a municipality or a National Health Insurance society (国民健康保険組合) sets for each insured person to manage their eligibility, as provided for in Article 111-2, paragraph (1) of the National Health Insurance Act.
国民健康保険法第百十一条の二第一項に規定する被保険者記号・番号
Family register supplement identity confirmation information (附票本人確認情報) that the Japan Agency for Local Authority Information Systems (機構) has recorded on magnetic disk from prefectural governors' notices and still keeps within the retention period set by Cabinet Order (政令).
In Article 30-14, a person whose certificate of residence (住民票) already carries a former surname (旧氏) and its kana reading.
改正法
In the supplementary provisions (附則) of Cabinet Order No. 273 of 2001, the Act Partially Amending the Residential Basic Book Act (Act No. 133 of 1999).
番号利用法整備法
Short name for the Act on Arrangement of Relevant Acts Incidental to Enforcement of the Act on the Use of Numbers to Identify a Specific Individual in Administrative Procedures (Act No. 28 of 2013).
第二号施行日
In Article 3 of the supplementary provisions (附則) of Cabinet Order No. 301 of 2015, the date the provisions listed in Article 1, item (ii) of those supplementary provisions come into effect: the date the provisions listed in Article 1, item (v) of the supplementary provisions of the Act on the Use of Numbers to Identify a Specific Individual in Administrative Procedures come into effect.
番号利用法
Short name for the Act on the Use of Numbers to Identify a Specific Individual in Administrative Procedures (Act No. 27 of 2013).
In Article 24-2, paragraph (2), a household member as defined in Article 24-2, paragraph (2) of the Residential Basic Book Act: a person who belongs to the same household as a householder (世帯主) who holds an Individual Number Card (個人番号カード), and who holds no Individual Number Card themselves.
法第二十四条の二第二項に規定する世帯員
In Articles 27 to 27-3, the notification under Article 25 of the Residential Basic Book Act that a person whose household or householder (世帯主) has changed must give the mayor within 14 days of the change.
被保険者番号
In Article 27-2, the insured person number provided for in Article 161-2, paragraph (1) of the Act on Assurance of Medical Care for Elderly People: the number a latter-stage elderly medical care wide-area union (後期高齢者医療広域連合) sets for each insured person to manage their eligibility.
高齢者の医療の確保に関する法律第百六十一条の二第一項に規定する被保険者番号
In Article 30-9, the mayor or another executive body of a municipality in the notifying prefecture (通知都道府県), to which the Japan Agency for Local Authority Information Systems (機構) provides identity confirmation information it retains, without the resident record code (住民票コード), under Article 30-10, paragraph (1) of the Residential Basic Book Act.
通知都道府県
In Articles 30-9 to 30-11, the prefecture whose governor passed a person's identity confirmation information (本人確認情報) to the Japan Agency for Local Authority Information Systems (機構) under Article 30-7, paragraph (1) of the Residential Basic Book Act.
同項に規定する通知都道府県
他の都道府県の執行機関
In Article 30-10, the governor or another executive body of a prefecture other than the notifying prefecture (通知都道府県), to which the Japan Agency for Local Authority Information Systems (機構) provides identity confirmation information it retains, without the resident record code (住民票コード), under Article 30-11, paragraph (1) of the Residential Basic Book Act.
他の都道府県の区域内の市町村の執行機関
In Article 30-11, the mayor or another executive body of a municipality in a prefecture other than the notifying prefecture (通知都道府県), to which the Japan Agency for Local Authority Information Systems (機構) provides identity confirmation information it retains, without the resident record code (住民票コード), under Article 30-12, paragraph (1) of the Residential Basic Book Act.
In Article 30-12-8, the mayor or another executive body of a municipality in the notifying prefecture for family register supplement information (附票通知都道府県), to which the Japan Agency for Local Authority Information Systems (機構) provides family register supplement identity confirmation information (附票本人確認情報) it retains, without the resident record code (住民票コード), under Article 30-44-3, paragraph (1) of the Residential Basic Book Act.
In Articles 30-12-8 to 30-12-10, the prefecture whose governor passed a person's family register supplement identity confirmation information (附票本人確認情報) to the Japan Agency for Local Authority Information Systems (機構) under Article 30-42, paragraph (1) of the Residential Basic Book Act.
同項に規定する附票通知都道府県
他の都道府県の執行機関
In Article 30-12-9, the governor or another executive body of a prefecture other than the notifying prefecture for family register supplement information (附票通知都道府県), to which the Japan Agency for Local Authority Information Systems (機構) provides family register supplement identity confirmation information (附票本人確認情報) it retains, without the resident record code (住民票コード), under Article 30-44-4, paragraph (1) of the Residential Basic Book Act.
他の都道府県の区域内の市町村の執行機関
In Article 30-12-10, the mayor or another executive body of a municipality in a prefecture other than the notifying prefecture for family register supplement information (附票通知都道府県), to which the Japan Agency for Local Authority Information Systems (機構) provides family register supplement identity confirmation information (附票本人確認情報) it retains, without the resident record code (住民票コード), under Article 30-44-5, paragraph (1) of the Residential Basic Book Act.
A name other than a foreign resident's legal name (氏名) that is in use in their social life in Japan, or that for another reason is found necessary to enter on their certificate of residence (住民票) to certify their residence, as provided for in Article 30-16, paragraph (1) of this Order.
住民基本台帳法施行令（昭和四十二年政令第二百九十二号）第三十条の十六第一項に規定する通称
指定都市
A designated city under Article 252-19, paragraph (1) of the Local Autonomy Act: a city with a population of 500,000 or more designated by Cabinet Order (政令).
In Article 33, an Imperial Princess (内親王) or Princess (女王) who has married a man who is neither the Emperor nor a member of the Imperial Family, including one later divorced or widowed — the women Article 39, paragraph (1) of the Residential Basic Book Act brings under that Act although the Family Register Act (戸籍法) does not apply to them.
This Cabinet Order as amended by Cabinet Order No. 253 of 2010.
In the supplementary provisions (附則) of Cabinet Order No. 253 of 2010, the Residential Basic Book Act as amended by the amending Act (改正法) of those supplementary provisions, Act No. 77 of 2009.
外国人住民
In the supplementary provisions (附則) of Cabinet Order No. 253 of 2010, a foreign resident as defined in Article 30-45 of the Residential Basic Book Act as amended by the amending Act (改正法) of those supplementary provisions, Act No. 77 of 2009.
新法第三十条の四十五に規定する外国人住民
In Article 9 of the supplementary provisions (附則) of Cabinet Order No. 253 of 2010, the day after the date a Cabinet Order (政令) sets under Article 9 of the supplementary provisions of the amending Act (改正法) of those supplementary provisions, Act No. 77 of 2009, on which the mayor enters a resident record code (住民票コード) on each foreign resident's (外国人住民) certificate of residence (住民票).
指定都市
A designated city under Article 252-19, paragraph (1) of the Local Autonomy Act: a city with a population of 500,000 or more designated by Cabinet Order (政令).
番号利用法
Short name for the Act on the Use of Numbers to Identify a Specific Individual in Administrative Procedures (Act No. 27 of 2013).
In the supplementary provisions (附則) of Cabinet Order No. 301 of 2015, the Order for the Enforcement of the Residential Basic Book Act as amended by Article 1 of that Cabinet Order.
改正法
In the supplementary provisions (附則) of Cabinet Order No. 26 of 2019, the Act Partially Amending the Act on Use of Information and Communications Technology in Administrative Procedures, etc., and Other Acts to Improve Convenience for Persons Concerned in Administrative Procedures, etc. and to Simplify and Streamline Administrative Operations through the Use of Information and Communications Technology (Act No. 16 of 2019).
外国人住民としての住民票
In Article 8-2, a certificate of residence (住民票) carrying the entries Article 30-45 of the Residential Basic Book Act requires for a foreign resident (外国人住民), which the mayor deletes when the person acquires Japanese nationality and makes when a Japanese national loses it.
日本人住民としての住民票
In Article 8-2, a certificate of residence (住民票) carrying the entries Article 7 of the Residential Basic Book Act lists, which the mayor makes when a foreign resident (外国人住民) acquires Japanese nationality and deletes when the person loses it.
A moving-out notification as referred to in Article 24-2, paragraph (1) of the Residential Basic Book Act: the notification under Article 24 of that Act of one's name, destination and expected moving date that a person moving out of a municipality must give its mayor in advance.
請求者
In Article 15-3, paragraph (1), a person who has asked, under Article 12-4, paragraph (1) of the Residential Basic Book Act, the mayor of a municipality other than their own for a copy of the certificate of residence (住民票) of themselves or a member of their household.
In Article 15-4, the mayor of the issuing municipality as defined in Article 12-4, paragraph (2) of the Residential Basic Book Act: the mayor of a municipality other than a person's own to whom that person applies for a copy of the certificate of residence (住民票) of themselves or a member of their household.
法第十二条の四第二項に規定する交付地市町村長
被保険者番号
In Article 27-3, the insured person number provided for in Article 201-2, paragraph (1) of the Long-Term Care Insurance Act: the number a municipality sets for each person insured under long-term care insurance (介護保険) to manage their eligibility.
介護保険法第二百一条の二第一項に規定する被保険者番号
In Article 30-14, a request by a body of the municipality to its own mayor, made under Article 120-2, paragraph (1) of the Family Register Act, for a copy of a person's family register (戸籍) or removed family register as Article 10-2, paragraph (2) of that Act allows government bodies to make, used here to confirm a former surname (旧氏) and its kana reading.
In Article 30-14, a transcript, extract or certificate of a family register (戸籍謄本等) under Article 10, paragraph (1) of the Family Register Act, the same of a removed family register (除籍謄本等) under Article 12-2 of that Act, or another document a Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Order (総務省令) sets, which the mayor may ask a person to produce to prove a former surname (旧氏) and its kana reading.
同法第十条第一項に規定する戸籍謄本等若しくは同法第十二条の二に規定する除籍謄本等又はその他総務省令で定める書面
A surname a person used in the past that is entered or recorded in their family register (戸籍) or a removed family register, as provided for in Article 30-13 of this Order.
住民基本台帳法施行令（昭和四十二年政令第二百九十二号）第三十条の十三に規定する旧氏
The kana showing how the characters of a former surname (旧氏) are read, as entered or recorded in the person's family register (戸籍) or a removed family register, as provided for in Article 30-13 of this Order.
同令第三十条の十三に規定する旧氏の振り仮名
A name other than a foreign resident's legal name (氏名) that is in use in their social life in Japan, or that for another reason is found necessary to enter on their certificate of residence (住民票) to certify their residence, as provided for in Article 30-16, paragraph (1) of this Order.
住民基本台帳法施行令（昭和四十二年政令第二百九十二号）第三十条の十六第一項に規定する通称
In the supplementary provisions (附則) of Cabinet Order No. 273 of 2001, the date the Act Partially Amending the Residential Basic Book Act (Act No. 133 of 1999) comes into effect, on which that Cabinet Order also comes into effect.
指定都市
A designated city under Article 252-19, paragraph (1) of the Local Autonomy Act: a city with a population of 500,000 or more designated by Cabinet Order (政令).
In item (i) of Article 1 of the supplementary provisions (附則) of Cabinet Order No. 253 of 2010, short name for the 2009 Act partially amending the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act and the Special Act on the Immigration Control of, inter alia, those who have lost Japanese Nationality pursuant to the Treaty of Peace with Japan, and making related changes (Act No. 79 of 2009), on whose effective date the provisions that item lists come into effect.
基準日
In the supplementary provisions (附則) of Cabinet Order No. 253 of 2010, the date a Cabinet Order (政令) sets under Article 3, paragraph (1) of the supplementary provisions of the amending Act (改正法) of those supplementary provisions, Act No. 77 of 2009, the date on which the mayor draws up provisional certificates of residence (仮住民票) for foreign nationals expected to become foreign residents (外国人住民).
住民票コード
In Article 9 of the supplementary provisions (附則) of Cabinet Order No. 253 of 2010, a resident record code as provided for in Article 7, item (xiii) of the Residential Basic Book Act as amended by the amending Act (改正法) of those supplementary provisions, Act No. 77 of 2009, from among those the prefectural governor designated under Article 30-7, paragraph (1) of that amended Act, which the mayor enters on a foreign resident's certificate of residence (住民票).
In Article 9 of the supplementary provisions (附則) of Cabinet Order No. 253 of 2010, a notification of moving out under Article 24 of the Residential Basic Book Act as amended by the amending Act (改正法) of those supplementary provisions, Act No. 77 of 2009.
In Articles 2 and 3 of the supplementary provisions (附則) of Cabinet Order No. 4 of 2015, the Residential Basic Book Act as it stood before Article 16 of the Act on Arrangement of Relevant Acts Incidental to Enforcement of the Act on the Use of Numbers to Identify a Specific Individual in Administrative Procedures (Act No. 28 of 2013) amended it.
番号利用法
Short name for the Act on the Use of Numbers to Identify a Specific Individual in Administrative Procedures (Act No. 27 of 2013).
指定都市
A designated city under Article 252-19, paragraph (1) of the Local Autonomy Act: a city with a population of 500,000 or more designated by Cabinet Order (政令).
氏に変更があった者
In Articles 7 and 8 of the supplementary provisions (附則) of Cabinet Order No. 17 of 2025, a person whose surname (氏) has changed, as referred to in Article 30-14, paragraph (1) of this Order, who may ask for a former surname (旧氏) to be entered on their certificate of residence (住民票).
A surname a person used in the past that is entered or recorded in their family register (戸籍) or a removed family register, as provided for in Article 30-13 of this Order.
住民基本台帳法施行令（昭和四十二年政令第二百九十二号）第三十条の十三に規定する旧氏
The kana showing how the characters of a former surname (旧氏) are read, as entered or recorded in the person's family register (戸籍) or a removed family register, as provided for in Article 30-13 of this Order.
住民基本台帳法施行令第三十条の十三に規定する旧氏の振り仮名
What Article 30-17, paragraph (1) of this Order has entered on a foreign resident's certificate of residence (住民票): the name of the municipality (or Tokyo special ward) that entered a commonly used name (通称) and the date, and, when one is deleted, that name with the municipality and the date of deletion.
第三十条の十七第一項に規定する通称の記載及び削除に関する事項
The kana showing how the characters of a person's surname and given name are read, as provided for in Article 13, paragraph (1), item (ii) of the Family Register Act.
戸籍法（昭和二十二年法律第二百二十四号）第十三条第一項第二号に規定する氏名の振り仮名
改正法
In the supplementary provisions (附則) of Cabinet Order No. 344 of 1981, Act No. 81 of 1981, which partially amended the 1942 law on the control of staple food (食糧管理法), since repealed, and came into effect on 15 January 1982.
第一号施行日
In the supplementary provisions (附則) of Cabinet Order No. 253 of 2010, the date set out in Article 1, item (i) of those supplementary provisions: the day Act No. 79 of 2009, which amended the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act and the Special Act on the Immigration Control of, inter alia, those who have lost Japanese Nationality pursuant to the Treaty of Peace with Japan, comes into effect.
在留カード
The residence card that the Immigration Services Agency issues to a mid- to long-term resident under Article 19-3 of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act.
出入国管理及び難民認定法（昭和二十六年政令第三百十九号）第十九条の三に規定する在留カード
This Cabinet Order as it stood before Article 1 of Cabinet Order No. 4 of 2015 amended it.
This Cabinet Order as it stood before Article 1 of Cabinet Order No. 301 of 2015 amended it.
Identity confirmation information (本人確認情報) that the Japan Agency for Local Authority Information Systems (機構) has recorded on magnetic disk from prefectural governors' notices and still keeps within the retention period set by Cabinet Order (政令).