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Article 6

第六条

The Minister of Justice may permit naturalization for a foreign national currently having a domicile in Japan who falls under one of the following items even if that person does not meet the conditions listed in the preceding Article, paragraph (1), item (i):

次の各号の一に該当する外国人で現に日本に住所を有するものについては、法務大臣は、その者が前条第一項第一号に掲げる条件を備えないときでも、帰化を許可することができる。

a child (excluding an adopted child) of a former Japanese citizen, who has continuously had a domicile or residence in Japan for three years or more;

日本国民であつた者の子(養子を除く。)で引き続き三年以上日本に住所又は居所を有するもの

a person born in Japan and continuously having had a domicile or residence in Japan for three years or more or whose father or mother (excluding an adoptive parent) was born in Japan; or

日本で生まれた者で引き続き三年以上日本に住所若しくは居所を有し、又はその父若しくは母(養父母を除く。)が日本で生まれたもの

a person who has resided in Japan continuously for ten years or more.

引き続き十年以上日本に居所を有する者

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