Japanese natural parents have a Family Registry (koseki) and Residency Registration (jyuminhyou) that can be used to locate and contact them if they want to be contacted. But there is no way for a non-Japanese to register contact information, even if they want to be contacted.

Related issue: A non-custodial parent is not notified when an adoption of their natural child takes place.

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