Article 30-17Entry in the Certificate of Residence of Matters Concerning the Entry and Deletion of a Foreign Resident's Commonly Used Name
第三十条の十七(外国人住民の通称の記載及び削除に関する事項の住民票への記載等)
In the cases listed in the following items, the mayor of the municipality of domicile must enter the matters specified in each of those items (referred to as "matters concerning the entry and deletion of a commonly used name" in the following paragraph and paragraph (3)) in the certificate of residence for the foreign resident:
In the case where a commonly used name has been entered in the certificate of residence for a foreign resident (excluding the case under paragraph (3) of the preceding Article): the name of the municipality that entered the commonly used name (in the case of a special ward, the name of the ward; the same applies in the following item) and the date;
In the case where a commonly used name entered in the certificate of residence for a foreign resident has been deleted: that commonly used name, and the name of the municipality that deleted it and the date.
In the cases listed in the following items, when making an entry in the certificate of residence for a foreign resident, the mayor of a municipality must enter the matters concerning the entry and deletion of a commonly used name specified in each of those items in the certificate of residence for the foreign resident:
市町村長は、次の各号に掲げる場合において、外国人住民に係る住民票の記載をするときは、当該各号に定める通称の記載及び削除に関する事項を当該外国人住民に係る住民票に記載をしなければならない。
In the case where a foreign resident has submitted a moving-in notification accompanied by a certificate of moving out in which the matters concerning the entry and deletion of the commonly used name of that foreign resident are entered: those matters concerning the entry and deletion of a commonly used name;
外国人住民が当該外国人住民の通称の記載及び削除に関する事項が記載された転出証明書を添えて転入届をした場合 当該通称の記載及び削除に関する事項
In the case where a foreign resident has submitted a first moving-in notification or a first moving-in notification concerning a household member, and the matters concerning the entry and deletion of the commonly used name of that foreign resident have been notified pursuant to Article 24-2, paragraph (3) or paragraph (6) of the Act: those matters concerning the entry and deletion of a commonly used name.
外国人住民が最初の転入届又は最初の世帯員に関する転入届をした場合において、法第二十四条の二第三項又は第六項の規定により当該外国人住民の通称の記載及び削除に関する事項が通知されたとき 当該通称の記載及び削除に関する事項
With regard to the application of Article 23, paragraph (2) and Article 24-3 as applied following a deemed replacement of terms pursuant to Article 30-21 in the case where matters concerning the entry and deletion of a commonly used name are entered in the certificate of residence for a foreign resident, the phrase "and the matters listed in the right-hand column of the table in that Article" in Article 23, paragraph (2) as applied following a deemed replacement of terms pursuant to Article 30-21 is deemed to be replaced with ", the matters listed in the right-hand column of the table in that Article, and matters concerning the entry and deletion of a commonly used name (meaning matters concerning the entry and deletion of a commonly used name prescribed in Article 30-17, paragraph (1); the same applies in Article 24-3)", and the phrase "and the matters listed in the right-hand column of the table in that Article" in Article 24-3 as applied following a deemed replacement of terms pursuant to Article 30-21 is deemed to be replaced with ", the matters listed in the right-hand column of the table in that Article, and matters concerning the entry and deletion of a commonly used name".
外国人住民に係る住民票に通称の記載及び削除に関する事項の記載がされている場合における第三十条の二十一の規定により読み替えて適用される第二十三条第二項及び第二十四条の三の規定の適用については、第三十条の二十一の規定により読み替えて適用される第二十三条第二項中「並びに同条の表の下欄に掲げる事項」とあるのは「、同条の表の下欄に掲げる事項並びに通称の記載及び削除に関する事項(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をいう。第二十四条の三において同じ。)」と、第三十条の二十一の規定により読み替えて適用される第二十四条の三中「並びに同条の表の下欄に掲げる事項」とあるのは「、同条の表の下欄に掲げる事項並びに通称の記載及び削除に関する事項」とする。
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foreign residentmachine translation
「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).
Defined inArticle 1, paragraph (1)
certificate of moving outmachine translation
「転出証明書」
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).
Short name set inArticle 23, paragraph (1)
first moving-in notificationmachine translation
「最初の転入届」
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).
Defined inArticle 24-2, paragraph (1), item (i)
first moving-in notification concerning a household membermachine translation
「最初の世帯員に関する転入届」
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.
Defined inArticle 24-2, paragraph (2), item (i)
moving-in notificationmachine translation
「転入届」
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.
Short name set inArticle 27, paragraph (1), item (i)
mayor of the municipality of domicilemachine translation
「住所地市町村長」
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.
Short name set inArticle 30-16, paragraph (1)· applies only in this article and in Article 30-17, paragraph (1)
commonly used namemachine translation
「通称」
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.
Defined inArticle 30-16, paragraph (8)· applies only in this chapter
matters concerning the entry and deletion of a commonly used namemachine translation
「通称の記載及び削除に関する事項」
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.
Short name set inArticle 30-17, paragraph (1)· applies only in this provision and in Article 30-17, paragraphs (2) and (3)
matters concerning the entry and deletion of a commonly used namemachine translation
「通称の記載及び削除に関する事項」
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.
Defined inArticle 30-17, paragraph (3)· applies only in this provision and in Article 24-3
special ward
特別区
A ward (区) of a metropolis (都) (Local Autonomy Act, Article 281, paragraph (1)). Today the only special wards are the 23 wards of Tokyo. A special ward is a basic local government in its own right: it does, in general, the work a city, town or village (市町村) does elsewhere, apart from what the metropolis does across all the wards as one (Article 281-2, paragraph (2)). Where a law or order gives a city (市) work to do, its provisions on that work also apply to a special ward, for the work the ward does (Article 281, paragraph (2), and Article 283, paragraph (2)); a Cabinet Order (政令) can make special rules where they cannot apply as they stand (Article 283, paragraph (3)).
Written by AI using Local Autonomy Act, Arts. 281, 281-2, 283 as a reference.