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  2. Koseki - Wikipedia

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    A koseki (戸籍) or family register [1] [2] is a Japanese family registry. Japanese law requires all Japanese households (basically defined as married couples and their unmarried children) to make notifications of their vital records (such as births, adoptions, deaths, marriages and divorces) to their local authority, which compiles such records encompassing all Japanese citizens within their ...

  3. Japanese funeral - Wikipedia

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    When a death occurs, the shrine is closed and covered with white paper to keep out the impure spirits of the dead, a custom called kamidana-fūji (神棚封じ). A small table decorated with flowers, incense, and a candle is placed next to the deceased's bed. The relatives and authorities are informed, and a death certificate is issued.

  4. Family law in Japan - Wikipedia

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    English translation (non-official) of Japanese family and inheritance laws (Parts IV and V of Civil Code) Colin P.A. Jones, 'In the Best Interests of the Court: What American Lawyers Need to Know about Child Custody and Visitation in Japan' Asian-Pacific Law & Policy Journal, Volume 8, Issue 2, Spring 2007

  5. Japanese Historical Text Initiative - Wikipedia

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    JHTI is an expanding online collection of historical texts. The original version of every paragraph is cross-linked with an English translation. The original words in Japanese and English translation are on the same screen. [4] There are seven categories of writings, [2] including

  6. Alien registration in Japan - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. Yukio Mishima - Wikipedia

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    "Death and Night and Blood (Yukio)", a song by the Stranglers from the Black and White album (1978). (Death and Night and Blood is the phrase from Mishima's novel Confessions of a Mask) [320] "Forbidden Colours", a song on Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence soundtrack by Ryuichi Sakamoto with lyrics by David Sylvian (1983).

  8. Jūminhyō - Wikipedia

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    A jūminhyō (住民票) (resident record [1] or residence certificate [2]) is a registry of current residential addresses maintained by local governments in Japan.Japanese law requires each resident to report his or her current address to the local authorities who compile the information for tax, national health insurance and census purposes.

  9. Death certificate - Wikipedia

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    Eddie August Schneider's (1911–1940) death certificate, issued in New York.. A death certificate is either a legal document issued by a medical practitioner which states when a person died, or a document issued by a government civil registration office, that declares the date, location and cause of a person's death, as entered in an official register of deaths.