Article 30-15Special Provisions on Matters to Be Stated in a Certificate of Residence for a Foreign Resident
第三十条の十五（外国人住民に係る住民票の記載事項の特例）
The matters specified by Cabinet Order prescribed in Article 7, item (xiv) of the Act, concerning the certificate of residence of a foreign resident, are, in addition to what is provided for in Article 6-2, the following matters:
The commonly used name prescribed in paragraph (1) of the following Article; and
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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)
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 (1)· applies only in this article and in Article 30-17, paragraph (1)
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)