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。
第三十条の十八（外国人住民の世帯主との続柄の変更の届出を要しない場合）
The cases specified by Cabinet Order as prescribed in the proviso to Article 30-48 of the Act are the following cases:
法第三十条の四十八ただし書に規定する政令で定める場合は、次に掲げる場合とする。
a case where there is no change in the family relationship between a foreign resident who is not a householder and that householder (limited to a householder who is a foreign resident; the same applies in the following item and the following Article);
a case where a written notification, written application or other document concerning the family register relating to a change in the family relationship between a foreign resident who is not a householder and that householder has been accepted by the mayor of the municipality.
世帯主でない外国人住民とその世帯主との親族関係の変更に係る戸籍に関する届書、申請書その他の書類が市町村長に受理されている場合
第三十条の十九（外国人住民の世帯主との続柄を証する文書の提出を要しない場合）
The cases specified by Cabinet Order as prescribed in the proviso to Article 30-49 of the Act are the following cases:
法第三十条の四十九ただし書に規定する政令で定める場合は、次に掲げる場合とする。
a case where there is no family relationship between a foreign resident who is not a householder and that householder;
世帯主でない外国人住民とその世帯主との間に親族関係がない場合
a case where a foreign resident who is not a householder has submitted a moving-out notification together with the moving-out notification concerning that householder, and that foreign resident who is not a householder submits a moving-in notification together with the moving-in notification concerning that householder (limited to the case where that householder becomes the householder);
a case where a foreign resident who is not a householder submits a notification of a move within a municipality together with the notification of a move within a municipality concerning that householder (limited to the case where that householder becomes the householder);
in addition to the cases listed in the preceding three items, a case where a foreign resident who is not a householder submits a moving-in notification or a notification of a move within a municipality together with the moving-in notification or notification of a move within a municipality concerning another foreign resident belonging to the same household (limited to the case where that other foreign resident becomes the householder), or any other case specified by Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, in which the mayor of the municipality finds that the family relationship between the foreign resident who is not a householder and that householder can be confirmed.
第三十条の二十（外国人住民に係る住民票の記載の修正等のための出入国在留管理庁長官からの通知の方法）
The notification under Article 30-50 of the Act is to be given by a method of transmitting from a computer used by the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency, through a telecommunications line, to a computer that the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency has the mayor of the municipality use, or by any other method specified by Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications and Ministry of Justice Order.
法第三十条の五十の規定による通知は、出入国在留管理庁長官の使用に係る電子計算機から電気通信回線を通じて出入国在留管理庁長官が市町村長に使用させる電子計算機に送信する方法その他の総務省令・法務省令で定める方法により行うものとする。
Article 30-21Special Provisions on Application Concerning Foreign Residents
第三十条の二十一（外国人住民についての適用の特例）
With regard to the application of the provisions listed in the left-hand column of the following table to foreign residents, the phrases listed in the middle column of the table in those provisions are deemed to be replaced with the phrases listed in the right-hand column of the table, respectively.
| Article 12, paragraph (2), item (i) | has been accepted, or an entry or record in the family register has been made ex officio, or when a notification under the provisions of Article 9, paragraph (2) of the Act | has been accepted, or when a notification under the provisions of Article 9, paragraph (2) or Article 30-50 of the Act |
| Article 15-3, paragraph (1), item (iv) | or item (xiii) | or item (xiii) matters, nationality, etc. prescribed in Article 30-45 of the Act, or the right-hand column of the table in that Article |
| Article 15-3, paragraph (2) | and the matters listed in items (vi) through (viii) (item (iv), item (viii)-2, or item (xiii) of that Article | , the matters listed in items (vii) and (viii), and the date on which the person became a foreign resident prescribed in Article 30-45 of the Act (the matters listed in Article 7, item (iv), item (viii)-2, or item (xiii) of the Act, the nationality, etc. prescribed in Article 30-45 of the Act, or the right-hand column of the table in that Article |
| Article 22 | and identification of the family register | , the nationality, etc. prescribed in Article 30-45 of the Act, and the matters listed in the right-hand column of the table in that Article |
| Article 23, paragraph (2) and Article 24-3 | through (v), item (viii)-2 and item (xiii) | through (iv), item (viii)-2 and item (xiii) matters, the nationality, etc. prescribed in Article 30-45 of the Act, and the right-hand column of the table in that Article |
| Article 30-5, item (i) | an indication that an entry in the certificate of residence has been made | an indication that an entry in the certificate of residence relating to a foreign resident has been made |
| Article 30-5, item (ii) | that the certificate of residence has been deleted | that the certificate of residence relating to a foreign resident has been deleted |
| Article 30-5, items (iii) through (v) | an indication that the entry in the certificate of residence has been amended | an indication that the entry in the certificate of residence relating to a foreign resident has been amended |
外国人住民に係る次の表の上欄に掲げる規定の適用については、これらの規定中同表の中欄に掲げる字句は、それぞれ同表の下欄に掲げる字句とする。
| 第十二条第二項第一号 | 受理し、若しくは職権で戸籍の記載若しくは記録をしたとき、又は法第九条第二項 | 受理したとき、又は法第九条第二項若しくは第三十条の五十 |
| 第十五条の三第一項第四号 | 又は第十三号 | 若しくは第十三号に掲げる事項、法第三十条の四十五に規定する国籍等又は同条の表の下欄 |
| 第十五条の三第二項 | 及び第六号から第八号までに掲げる事項（同条第四号、第八号の二又は第十三号 | 、第七号及び第八号に掲げる事項並びに法第三十条の四十五に規定する外国人住民となつた年月日（法第七条第四号、第八号の二若しくは第十三号に掲げる事項、法第三十条の四十五に規定する国籍等又は同条の表の下欄 |
| 第二十二条 | 及び戸籍の表示 | 、法第三十条の四十五に規定する国籍等及び同条の表の下欄に掲げる事項 |
| 第二十三条第二項及び第二十四条の三 | 第五号まで、第八号の二及び第十三号 | 第四号まで、第八号の二及び第十三号に掲げる事項、法第三十条の四十五に規定する国籍等並びに同条の表の下欄 |
| 第三十条の五第一号 | 住民票の記載を行つた旨 | 外国人住民に係る住民票の記載を行つた旨 |
| 第三十条の五第二号 | 住民票の消除を行つた旨 | 外国人住民に係る住民票の消除を行つた旨 |
| 第三十条の五第三号から第五号まで | 住民票の記載の修正を行つた旨 | 外国人住民に係る住民票の記載の修正を行つた旨 |
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)
moving-out notificationmachine translation
「転出届」
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.
Short name set inArticle 21, paragraph (2)
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)
notification of a move within a municipalitymachine translation
「転居届」
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.
Short name set inArticle 27, paragraph (1), item (ii)· applies only in this chapter and in Article 30-19
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
family register
戸籍
The public record of who a person is related to by birth, marriage and adoption. One is made for each married couple and their children who share their surname, where they set their registered domicile (本籍); when a new register is made for a person married to a foreign national (外国人) or with no spouse, it is made for that person and their children who share their surname (Family Register Act, Article 6). The mayor of the municipality (in Tokyo's special wards and the wards of designated cities, the ward mayor) administers this work unless the Act provides otherwise (Articles 1 and 4). Besides the registered domicile, it records for each person their name and its reading, date of birth, why and when they entered the register, their parents and, for an adopted child, their adoptive parents, whether they are husband and wife, and the register they came from, among other things (Article 13). Entries are made on a notification (届出) — of a birth, a marriage, a divorce or a death, for example (Articles 49, 74, 76 and 86) — or on a report, an application, a court decision and a few other grounds (Article 15). When a marriage between a Japanese national and a foreign national is notified, a new family register is made for the Japanese national, not for the couple, unless the Japanese national already heads a register of their own (Article 6 and Article 16, paragraph (3)). A foreign national who lives in a municipality as a mid- to long-term resident (中長期在留者), a special permanent resident (特別永住者) or in one of a few other categories is recorded in that municipality's resident record (住民票): instead of the family register entry a Japanese resident's record carries, it states their nationality, and for a mid- to long-term resident their status of residence (在留資格) and period of stay (Residential Basic Book Act, Article 30-45). A foreign national in none of those categories is not recorded there (Article 39).
Written by AI using Family Register Act, Arts. 1, 4, 6, 13, 15, 16, 49, 74, 76, 86 and Residential Basic Book Act, Arts. 7, 30-45, 39 as a reference.
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.