Supplementary Provisions, Article 7
第七条
With regard to the application of Article 30-14, paragraphs (1) and (2) of the Order for the Enforcement of the Residential Basic Book Act to a person, among the persons whose surname has changed prescribed in Article 30-14, paragraph (1) of that Order (including where it is applied by replacing terms under the preceding Article; the same applies hereinafter in this paragraph) (referred to as "person whose surname has changed" in paragraph (1) of the following Article), for whom no kana reading of the former surname is entered or recorded in the family register or removed family register in which the former surname the person wishes to request be entered in the certificate of residence is entered or recorded, the phrases listed in the middle column of the following table in the provisions listed in the left-hand column of the same table are deemed to be replaced with the phrases listed in the right-hand column of the same table, respectively.
| Paragraph (1) | entry of the kana reading of the former surname | entry of the characters indicating the reading of the characters used in the former surname |
| the kana reading of the former surname and other | the characters indicating the reading of the characters used in the former surname and other | |
| , to the mayor of the municipality that keeps the basic resident register in which that person is recorded (referred to as the "mayor of the municipality of domicile" in the following paragraph and paragraphs (4) through (6)) | , attaching a document certifying that the person used the reading indicated by those characters in the past as the reading of the characters used in that former surname (excluding where the mayor of the municipality that keeps the basic resident register in which that person is recorded (hereinafter in this paragraph, the following paragraph and paragraphs (4) through (6) referred to as the "mayor of the municipality of domicile") finds that there are special circumstances), to the mayor of the municipality of domicile | |
| to the kana reading of the former surname | to the characters indicating the reading of the characters used in the former surname | |
| Paragraph (2) | and the kana reading of the former surname are the person's former surname and the kana reading of the former surname pertaining to that former surname | is the person's former surname |
住民基本台帳法施行令第三十条の十四第一項（前条の規定により読み替えて適用する場合を含む。以下この項において同じ。）に規定する氏に変更があった者（次条第一項において「氏に変更があった者」という。）のうち、住民票への記載を請求しようとする旧氏の記載又は記録がされている戸籍又は除かれた戸籍に旧氏の振り仮名の記載又は記録がされていないものに係る同令第三十条の十四第一項及び第二項の規定の適用については、次の表の上欄に掲げる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。
| 第一項 | 旧氏の振り仮名の記載を | 旧氏に用いられる文字の読み方を示す文字の記載を |
| 旧氏の振り仮名その他 | 旧氏に用いられる文字の読み方を示す文字その他 | |
| を、その者が記録されている住民基本台帳を備える市町村の市町村長（次項及び第四項から第六項までにおいて「住所地市町村長」という。） | に当該文字が示す読み方を過去に当該旧氏に用いられる文字の読み方として使用していたことを証する書面（その者が記録されている住民基本台帳を備える市町村の市町村長（以下この項、次項及び第四項から第六項までにおいて「住所地市町村長」という。）において特別の事情があると認める場合を除く。）を添付して、住所地市町村長 | |
| 旧氏の振り仮名に | 旧氏に用いられる文字の読み方を示す文字に | |
| 第二項 | 及び旧氏の振り仮名がその者の旧氏及び当該旧氏に係る旧氏の振り仮名 | がその者の旧氏 |
The mayor of the municipality of domicile who has received a request under Article 30-14, paragraph (1) of the Order for the Enforcement of the Residential Basic Book Act, applied by replacing terms under the preceding paragraph, is to enter in the certificate of residence the characters indicating the reading of the characters used in the former surname pertaining to the request, as the kana reading of the former surname; in this case, for the application of Articles 30-13 and 30-14 of that Order and other provisions of laws and regulations to the person for whom that entry has been made, the characters so entered are deemed to be the kana reading of the former surname.
前項の規定により読み替えて適用する住民基本台帳法施行令第三十条の十四第一項の請求を受けた住所地市町村長は、当該請求に係る旧氏に用いられる文字の読み方を示す文字を、旧氏の振り仮名として住民票に記載をするものとする。この場合において、当該記載がされた者に係る同令第三十条の十三及び第三十条の十四の規定その他の法令の規定の適用については、当該記載がされた文字を旧氏の振り仮名とみなす。
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.
Defined inSupplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (1)
former surnamemachine translation
「旧氏」
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.
Defined inSupplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (1)
kana reading of the former surnamemachine translation
「旧氏の振り仮名」
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.
Defined inSupplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (2)
person whose surname has changedmachine translation
「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).
Short name set inSupplementary Provisions, Article 7, paragraph (1)· applies only in this provision and in Supplementary Provisions, Article 8, paragraph (1)
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.