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Article 2Acquisition of Citizenship by Birth

第二条(出生による国籍の取得)

A child is a Japanese citizen in the following cases:

子は、次の場合には、日本国民とする。

if the father or mother is a Japanese citizen at the time of birth;

出生の時に父又は母が日本国民であるとき。

if the father died before the child's birth and was a Japanese citizen at the time of death; or

出生前に死亡した父が死亡の時に日本国民であつたとき。

if the child was born in Japan, either both of the parents are unknown or if known, both of them are without nationality.

日本で生まれた場合において、父母がともに知れないとき、又は国籍を有しないとき。

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