Article 22-4Revocation of Status of Residence

一the foreign national has been granted, by deceit or other wrongful means, a seal of verification for landing (including the recording of the prescribed information pursuant to the provisions of Article 9, paragraph (4); hereinafter the same applies in the following item) or permission pursuant to the provisions of Chapter III, Section 1 or 2, being considered that they do not fall under any of the items of Article 5, paragraph (1);

二beyond what is provided for in the preceding item, the foreign national has been granted, by deceit or other wrongful means, a seal of verification for landing, etc. (a seal of verification for landing or permission pursuant to the provisions of Chapter III, Section 1 or 2 (limited to those with a decision of status of residence) or permission pursuant to the provisions of this Section, and in the case two or more seals or permissions have been granted, the most recent one; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph);

三beyond what is provided for in the preceding two items, the foreign national has been granted a seal of verification for landing, etc. by submitting or presenting a document that contains a false entry or record (including a certificate of eligibility obtained by submitting or presenting a document or drawing, or an electronic or magnetic record, that contains a false entry or record, and a visa obtained for the passport by submitting or presenting a document or drawing, or an electronic or magnetic record, that contains a false entry or record), or a drawing or an electronic or magnetic record that contains a false entry or record;

四the foreign national has been granted permission pursuant to the provisions of Article 50, paragraph (1) or Article 61-2-5, paragraph (1) due to deceit or other wrongful means (excluding cases of receiving permission or a seal of verification for landing, etc. pursuant to these provisions after receiving that permission);

五the foreign national residing with a status of residence in the left-hand column of the Appended Table I has not engaged in the activities set forth in the right-hand column of the same Table in accordance with the status of residence, and is residing while engaging in or seeking to engage in other activities (except when there are legitimate grounds);

六a person residing with a status of residence in the left-hand column of the Appended Table I who has been residing for three months or more (with regard to a person residing with the status of residence of "Highly Skilled Professional" (limited to those pertaining to item (ii) in the right-hand column under "Highly Skilled Professional" of the Appended Table I (2)), six months) without engaging in the activities (except when there are legitimate grounds for residing without engaging in the activities) set forth in the right-hand column of the same Table in accordance with the status of residence;

七a person residing with the status of residence of "Spouse or Child of Japanese National" (limited to those pertaining to persons with the status of the spouse of a Japanese national (except for foreign nationals residing simultaneously with the status of a child specially adopted by a Japanese national (meaning the child specially adopted by a Japanese national pursuant to the provisions of Article 817-2 of the Civil Code (Act No. 89 of 1896)); the same applies hereinafter) or born as the child of a Japanese national) or the status of residence of "Spouse or Child of Permanent Resident" (limited to those pertaining to persons with the status of a spouse of a permanent resident, etc. (except for foreign nationals residing simultaneously with the status of a person who was born in Japan as the child of a permanent resident, etc. and is continuing to reside in Japan)), who has been residing for six months or more without continuously engaging in activities as a person with the status of a spouse (except when there are legitimate grounds for residing without engaging in the activities);

八a person who has newly become a mid- to long-term resident through receiving a seal of verification for landing or permission pursuant to the provisions of Section 1 or Section 2 of the preceding Chapter, or permission pursuant to the provisions of this Section, Article 50, paragraph (1) or Article 61-2-5, paragraph (1), who has not notified the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency of the place of residence (except when there are legitimate grounds for not making a notification) within 90 days from the date of receiving the seal of verification for landing or permission;

九a mid-to long-term resident who has not notified the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency of their new place of residence within 90 days of leaving the previous place of residence, which had been previously notified to the Commissioner (except when there are legitimate grounds for not making a notification); or

十a mid-to long-term resident who has notified the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency of a false place of residence.