Regulation for Enforcement of the Special Act on the Immigration Control of Inter Alia, Those Who Have Lost Japanese Nationality Pursuant to the Treaty of Peace with Japan
日本国との平和条約に基づき日本の国籍を離脱した者等の出入国管理に関する特例法施行規則
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In accordance with the Special Act on the Immigration Control of, inter alia, those who have lost Japanese Nationality pursuant to the Treaty of Peace with Japan (Act No. 71 of 1991) and the Order for Enforcement of the Special Act on the Immigration Control of, Inter Alia, Those Who Have Lost Japanese Nationality Pursuant to the Treaty of Peace with Japan (Cabinet Order No. 420 of 2011), and in order to implement that Act and that Order, the Regulation for Enforcement of the Special Act on the Immigration Control of Inter Alia, Those Who Have Lost Japanese Nationality Pursuant to the Treaty of Peace with Japan (Ministry of Justice Order No. 27 of 1991) is amended in its entirety as follows.
日本国との平和条約に基づき日本の国籍を離脱した者等の出入国管理に関する特例法（平成三年法律第七十一号）及び日本国との平和条約に基づき日本の国籍を離脱した者等の出入国管理に関する特例法施行令（平成二十三年政令第四百二十号）に基づき、並びに同法及び同令を実施するため、日本国との平和条約に基づき日本の国籍を離脱した者等の出入国管理に関する特例法施行規則（平成三年法務省令第二十七号）の全部を次のように改正する。
An application prescribed in Article 4, paragraph (3) of the Special Act on the Immigration Control of, Inter Alia, Those Who Have Lost Japanese Nationality Pursuant to the Treaty of Peace with Japan (Act No. 71 of 1991; hereinafter referred to as the "Act") must be filed by submitting the following documents:
日本国との平和条約に基づき日本の国籍を離脱した者等の出入国管理に関する特例法（平成三年法律第七十一号。以下「法」という。）第四条第三項に規定する申請は、次に掲げる書類を提出して行わなければならない。
a written application for special permission for permanent residence pursuant to the Appended Form No. 1;
別記第一号様式による特別永住許可申請書一通
a photograph (a photograph that is taken within six months before the date of application, which satisfies the requirements specified in the Appended Table I, and with the applicant's name written on the back; the same applies in paragraph (1) of the following Article, Article 7, paragraph (1), Article 8, paragraph (1), Article 9, paragraph (1), and Article 10, paragraphs (1) and (2));
a document certifying that the applicant was born in Japan;
本邦で出生したことを証する書類
for a person who has come to stay in Japan for a reason other than birth, a document certifying that reason; and
出生以外の事由により本邦に在留することとなった者にあっては、当該事由を証する書類
a document certifying that the applicant is a descendant of a person who has lost Japanese nationality under the Treaty of Peace with Japan.
平和条約国籍離脱者の子孫であることを証する書類
When the application referred to in the preceding paragraph is filed for a person under one year of age, submission of a photograph is not required. However, this does not apply when the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency has determined that submission is required.
一歳に満たない者について前項の申請をする場合は、写真の提出を要しない。ただし、出入国在留管理庁長官が提出を要するとした場合は、この限りでない。
An application prescribed in Article 5, paragraph (3) of the Act must be filed by submitting the following documents:
法第五条第三項に規定する申請は、次に掲げる書類を提出して行わなければならない。
a written application for special permission for permanent residence pursuant to the Appended Form No. 2;
別記第二号様式による特別永住許可申請書一通
a photograph; and
写真一葉
a document certifying that the applicant is a person who has lost Japanese nationality under the Treaty of Peace with Japan or a descendant of a person who has lost Japanese nationality under the Treaty of Peace with Japan.
平和条約国籍離脱者又は平和条約国籍離脱者の子孫であることを証する書類
In filing the application referred to in the preceding paragraph, the applicant must present their residence card (meaning the residence card prescribed in Article 19-3 of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act (Cabinet Order No. 319 of 1951; hereinafter referred to as the "Immigration Control Act"); the same applies hereinafter).
前項の申請に当たっては、在留カード（出入国管理及び難民認定法（昭和二十六年政令第三百十九号。以下「入管法」という。）第十九条の三に規定する在留カードをいう。以下同じ。）を提示しなければならない。
The provisions of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article apply mutatis mutandis to the case of filing the application referred to in paragraph (1).
Article 3Special Permanent Residence Permits
第三条（特別永住許可書）
The format of the special permanent residence permit prescribed in Article 6 of the Act is to follow that of the Appended Form No. 3.
The name prescribed in Article 8, paragraph (1), item (i) of the Act is to be written in Roman characters.
法第八条第一項第一号に規定する氏名は、ローマ字により表記するものとする。
In respect of a country to which the nationality prescribed in Article 8, paragraph (1), item (i) of the Act pertains or a region prescribed in Article 2, item (v), (b) of the Immigration Control Act (hereinafter referred to as "nationality or region" in this paragraph), a special permanent resident who has two or more nationalities other than Japanese nationality is to write the nationality or region specified in the following items in accordance with the category set forth respectively in those items:
法第八条第一項第一号に規定する国籍の属する国又は入管法第二条第五号ロに規定する地域（以下この項において「国籍・地域」という。）は、日本の国籍以外の二以上の国籍を有する特別永住者については、次の各号に掲げる区分に応じ、それぞれ当該各号に定める国籍・地域を記載するものとする。
a special permanent resident to whom a special permanent resident certificate is issued pursuant to the provisions of Article 7, paragraph (2) or (3) of the Act, because they have received the permission referred to in Article 4, paragraph (1) or Article 5, paragraph (1) of the Act:the nationality or region stated in the special permanent residence permit issued pursuant to the provisions of Article 6, paragraph (1) or (2) of the Act related to that permission;
a special permanent resident to whom a new special permanent resident certificate is issued pursuant to the provisions of Article 11, paragraph (2) of the Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 12, paragraph (3), Article 13, paragraph (2), and Article 14, paragraph (4)) (except for those set forth in the following item):the nationality or region stated in the special permanent resident certificate which will cease to be effective due to the issuance; and
a special permanent resident to whom a new special permanent resident certificate is to be issued pursuant to the provisions of Article 11, paragraph (2) of the Act based on the notification referred to in paragraph (1) of that Article for the reason that their nationality or region has been changed:the nationality or region after the change.
a special permanent resident to whom a new specified special permanent resident certificate is to be issued pursuant to the provisions of Article 16-2, paragraph (7) or (9) of the Act (in the case of a special permanent resident to whom a specified special permanent resident certificate is issued pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (9) of that Article, limited to a person who has made a request under paragraph (4) of that Article together with the application under paragraph (2) of that Article): the nationality or region stated on the special permanent resident certificate that ceases to be valid as a result of that issuance;
a special permanent resident to whom a new special permanent resident certificate is to be issued pursuant to the provisions of Article 16-3, paragraph (3) of the Act: the nationality or region stated on the specified special permanent resident certificate that ceases to be valid as a result of that issuance.
法第十六条の三第三項の規定により新たな特別永住者証明書の交付を受ける特別永住者 当該交付により効力を失うこととなる特定特別永住者証明書に記載された国籍・地域
If the West Bank or Gaza Strip prescribed in Article 1 of the Enforcement Order of the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act (Cabinet Order No. 178 of 1998) is stated as the region referred to in Article 8, paragraph (1), item (i) of the Act, it is to be indicated as Palestine.
法第八条第一項第一号の地域として出入国管理及び難民認定法施行令（平成十年政令第百七十八号）第一条に規定するヨルダン川西岸地区及びガザ地区を記載するときは、パレスチナと表記するものとする。
The particulars specified by Ministry of Justice Order as prescribed in Article 8, paragraph (1), item (iv) of the Act are to be the date of the notification made by submitting the special permanent resident certificate when the place of residence or new residence (meaning the place of residence after the change) is stated on the special permanent resident certificate pursuant to the provisions of Article 10, paragraph (3) of the Act.
法第八条第一項第四号に規定する法務省令で定める事項は、法第十条第三項の規定により特別永住者証明書に住居地又は新住居地（変更後の住居地をいう。）の記載をする場合における当該特別永住者証明書を提出してした届出の年月日とする。
The special permanent resident certificate number prescribed in Article 8, paragraph (2) of the Act is to be specified using a combination of four Roman characters and eight figures.
法第八条第二項に規定する特別永住者証明書の番号は、ローマ字四文字及び八桁の数字を組み合わせて定めるものとする。
The age specified by Ministry of Justice Order in Article 8, paragraph (3) of the Act is to be one year of age.
法第八条第三項の法務省令で定める年齢は、一歳とする。
The photograph of a special permanent resident to be shown on the special permanent resident certificate pursuant to the provisions of Article 8, paragraph (3) of the Act is to be a photograph submitted pursuant to the provisions of Article 1, paragraph (1), Article 2, paragraph (1), Article 7, paragraph (1), Article 8, paragraph (1), Article 9, paragraph (1), Article 10, paragraph (1) or (2) or Article 18, paragraph (1), or Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Rules on Applications for the Issuance of Specified Special Permanent Resident Certificates (Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications and the Ministry of Justice No. 2 of 2026), which satisfies the requirements specified in the Appended Table I (excluding item 2 in the case of a photograph to be shown on a specified special permanent resident certificate).
The format of the special permanent resident certificate prescribed in Article 8, paragraph (4) of the Act (limited to a special permanent resident certificate other than a specified special permanent resident certificate) is to follow that of the Appended Form No. 4.
The recording under the provisions of Article 8, paragraph (5) of the Act is to be made by recording the particulars prescribed in that paragraph on the semiconductor integrated circuit built into the special permanent resident certificate.
第五条
When a special permanent resident (including persons who have lost Japanese nationality under the Treaty of Peace with Japan or descendants of persons who have lost Japanese nationality under the Treaty of Peace with Japan who have submitted the application referred to in Article 4, paragraph (3) or Article 5, paragraph (3) of the Act; hereinafter the same applies in this Article) who uses Chinese characters for their name makes a request, notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency may show a name using those Chinese characters or the Chinese characters and kana characters (meaning hiragana or katakana, and when Chinese characters are not used for a part of the name of that special permanent resident, limited to kana characters which show that part; hereinafter the same applies in this Article) together with their name written in Roman characters.
A special permanent resident who seeks to make the request referred to in the preceding paragraph must submit a material proving that Chinese characters are used for their name.
前項の申出をしようとする特別永住者は、氏名に漢字を使用することを証する資料一通を提出しなければならない。
The request referred to in paragraph (1) must be made together with the application pursuant to the provisions of Article 4, paragraph (3), Article 5, paragraph (3), Article 12, paragraph (1) or (2), Article 13, paragraph (1), or Article 14, paragraph (1) or (3) of the Act or with the notification pursuant to the provisions of Article 11, paragraph (1) of the Act.
If the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency finds that when a special permanent resident who uses Chinese characters for their name indicates their name in Roman characters, the special permanent resident is likely to suffer considerable disadvantage or that there are other special circumstances, notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1) of the preceding Article, the Commissioner may show the name using those Chinese characters or the Chinese characters and kana characters, in lieu of Roman characters.
In the case referred to in paragraph (1) and the preceding paragraph, the necessary particulars for indicating names using Chinese characters, such as the scope and usage of Chinese characters to indicate the names, are specified by the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency through public notice.
A name using Chinese characters or Chinese characters and kana characters which is written pursuant to the provisions of paragraphs (1) and (4) may not be changed (including a decision not to write the name using Chinese characters or Chinese characters and kana characters) except in the case of a change through a notification under the provisions of Article 11, paragraph (1) of the Act; provided, however, that this does not apply if the Commissioner of the Immigration Services Agency finds the change to be appropriate.
A notification under the provisions of Article 10, paragraph (1) of the Act (except for a notification which is deemed to be a notification under the provisions of paragraph (1) of that Article pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (4) of that Article) or a notification under the provisions of paragraph (2) of that Article (except for a notification which is deemed to be a notification under the provisions of paragraph (2) of that Article pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (5) of that Article) must be made by submitting a copy of the written notification pursuant to the Appended Form No. 5.