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The current version of Japan Refugee Travel Document is an old style passport-like booklet containing 32 pages, including personal information and instruction pages(1-2), photo and signature page(3), endorsements page(4), extension page(5) and visa pages(6-32), while an unusual requirement "The name of the holder of the document must be repeated in each visa" is printed on each visa pages.
The Japan Re-entry Permit (再入国許可書, or "Re-entry Permit to Japan") is a travel document similar to a certificate of identity, issued by Japan's Ministry of Justice. It is a passport-like booklet with a light brown cover with the words " 再入国許可書 RE-ENTRY PERMIT TO JAPAN" on the front.
As of December 2015 Japan had 13,831 asylum applications under review. [24] In 2016, more than 10,000 applications for refugee status in Japan were received and in the same year 28 asylum applications were approved. [25] In 2015, more than 7,500 people applied for refugee status and 27 asylum applications were approved.
Japanese passports (日本国旅券, Nihonkoku ryoken) are issued to Japanese nationals to facilitate international travel. From 2018 to 2022, it was ranked first on the Henley Passport Index for visa-free travel, [8] and second as of July 2024, with holders able to travel visa-free to 194 countries and territories.
A certificate of identity issued to a refugee is also referred to as a 1951 Convention travel document (also known as a refugee travel document or a Geneva passport), in reference to the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees. 145 countries are parties to the 1951 Convention and 146 countries are parties to the 1967 Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees.
Alien registration (外国人登録, gaikokujin tōroku) was a system used to record information regarding aliens resident in Japan.It was handled at the municipal level, parallel to (but separately from) the koseki (family register) and juminhyo (resident register) systems used to record information regarding Japanese nationals.
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The re-entry permit in Japan also exists in the form of a stamp, known as 再入国許可 (Japan Re-entry Permit), which is affixed to a foreign passport or other travel document and serves as a re-entry visa. Foreign nationals planning to travel outside Japan for more than one year are required to obtain a re-entry permit.