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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

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Judging by how many users on the internet telling Americans to "just move to another country lolz", people must think immigration laws are very lax or something... (it's not) (sh.itjust.works)
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[–] Toes@ani.social 11 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I read that you can't hold multiple citizenships as a citizen of Japan. So I'd imagine your kid will be forced to give one up when they become an adult?

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I heard its by age 22

2 decades to decide

[–] yeather@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This is actually a very fun legal loophole for Japanese citizens. The Japanese law as written states you cannot gain citizenship to a country and remain a Japanese citizen, but because of US law, you aren’t voluntarily a citizen when you are born, you just are a citizen. So as long as you don’t renounce your Japanese citizenship you can remain a citizen of both.

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago

Not really a loophole, more like legal grey area stuff that is hard to enforce.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_nationality_law#Dual_nationality

Dual citizenship of Japan and another country is prohibited in some cases due to the provisions for loss of Japanese nationality when a Japanese national naturalizes in another country (see "Loss of citizenship" above), and the requirement to renounce one's existing citizenships when naturalizing in Japan (see "Naturalization" above). There are still some ways in which a person may have dual citizenship of Japan and another country, including:

They acquire multiple citizenships at birth, such as being born to a non-Japanese citizen parent and acquiring that parent's citizenship as a result of that country's laws or by being born in a jus soli country. However, they must choose one citizenship/nationality before the age of 22 or within two years if the second citizenship is acquired after the age of 20, or they may lose their Japanese nationality (see "Loss of citizenship" above), although this is often circumvented by dual Japanese citizens not using a foreign passport when entering or leaving Japan.

In practice, dual nationality may also be maintained with states not recognized by Japan such as in the cases of North Korean or Taiwanese dual nationality as the Japanese Ministry of Justice does not recognize either North Korean or Taiwanese citizenships.

[–] yeather@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 week ago

This is actually a very fun legal loophole for Japanese citizens. The Japanese law as written states you cannot gain citizenship to a country and remain a Japanese citizen, but because of US law, you aren’t voluntarily a citizen when you are born, you just are a citizen. So as long as you don’t renounce your Japanese citizenship you can remain a citizen of both.