http://www.crnjapan.com Child Custody Law, Child Support, Divorce Visitation Rights and other Family Law Resources Thu, 23 Jul 2009 15:34:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Koseki Introduction to the Koseki Family Registration System in Japanese Law The Koseki plays a central role in Japanese Family Law -- it is your birth certificate, death certificate, marriage license, and census information all rolled into one. What is the Koseki? The koseki is the Japanese system of Family Registration, by which births, ... http://www.crnjapan.com/japan-law/koseki.html Japanese Citizenship A straightforward introduction to the law surrounding Japanese citizenship, intended for foreign-born individuals wondering if they qualify for Japanese citizenship, those struggling with dual citizenship/ nationality issues, as well as people looking to emigrate to Japan. Japanese Citizenship Requirements Most countries confer citizenship either by birth (as in the US, one ... http://www.crnjapan.com/japan-law/japanese-citizenship.html CRN About CRN What does CRN stand for? Are you looking for CRN? This might be the website your looking for. If you've searched CRN trying to find the Child Resource Network, then congratulations, you've come to the right place! What does CRN stand for? Otherwise, if you've found this website but ... http://www.crnjapan.com/uncategorized/crn.html Are you allowed to have dual citizenship in Japan? In contrast to the United States and many other countries, Japan takes a stricter view of individuals holding more than one nationality (dual citizenship). Since the situations and laws can easily become a bit complex, we're going to provide a bit of ... http://www.crnjapan.com/japan-law/japanese-dual-citizenship.html Japanese Prefectures Japan is divided up into 47 regions called prefectures. A prefecture is an administrative unit generally larger than a city or metropolitan region (with the exception of Tokyo). List of the Prefectures of Japan “Metropolis” Prefecture: Tokyo “Circuit” Prefecture: Hokkaido Urban Prefectures: Osaka Kyoto And 43 Other Prefectures (listed below) [caption id="attachment_42" align="alignleft" width="522" caption="Prefectures of Japan"][/caption] Prefectures by Region: Hokkaid? 1. Hokkaid? T?hoku 2. Aomori 3. Iwate 4. Miyagi 5. Akita 6. Yamagata 7. Fukushima Kant? 8. Ibaraki 9. Tochigi 10. Gunma 11. Saitama 12. Chiba 13. Tokyo 14. Kanagawa Ch?bu 15. Niigata 16. Toyama 17. Ishikawa 18. Fukui 19. Yamanashi 20. Nagano 21. Gifu 22. Shizuoka 23. Aichi Kansai 24. Mie 25. Shiga 26. Kyoto 27. Osaka 28. Hy?go 29. Nara 30. Wakayama Ch?goku 31. Tottori 32. Shimane 33. Okayama 34. Hiroshima 35. Yamaguchi Shikoku 36. Tokushima 37. Kagawa 38. Ehime 39. K?chi Ky?sh? 40. Fukuoka 41. Saga 42. Nagasaki 43. Kumamoto 44. ?ita 45. Miyazaki 46. Kagoshima 47. Okinawa http://www.crnjapan.com/japan-law/japan-prefectures.html Japan Law Although it has historical roots in the ancient Chinese and other legal systems, contemporary Japanese Law is a civil law (as opposed to common law) system similar to that of France or Germany. The Six Codes of Japanese Law The core of Japanese statutory law is composed of the so-called "Six ... http://www.crnjapan.com/japan-law/japan-law.html Divorce Child Custody Settling the matter of child custody in a divorce can be one of the stickiest subjects that a family needs to resolve. At issue or some of the central issues of your child's life, such as who makes decisions regarding their education, religion, and what they can ... http://www.crnjapan.com/child-custody/child-custody-in-a-divorce.html Child Visitation Rights Child visitation rights can be one of the stickiest issues in family law. Some of accommodations that a family might come to include weekend visitation, holiday visitation, monthly visitation, or a custom arrangement. Sometime a given parent will only be granted limited visitation rights. If your divorce involves a ... http://www.crnjapan.com/visitation-rights/visitation-rights.html Child Custody Lawyers Do you need a Child Custody Laywer? Child custody law can be one of the most complicated topics in the field of family law. We're dealing not just with legal complexities, but with intense emotions like parental love, fear of abandonment, and often resentment. This creates a steamy cauldron ... http://www.crnjapan.com/child-custody-lawyers/child-custody-lawyers.html CRN Japan Welcome to the home page for the Child Resource Network Japan.  Our site is dedicated to providing information regarding some of the stickiest subjects in family law: Child Custody Lawyers Child Support Divorce Visitation Rights Child Custody Law Our website is currently under construction -- apologies for the limited content available here currently.  Please ... http://www.crnjapan.com/uncategorized/crn-japan.html