My bank wants my residence card details to fight terrorism. Do I have to comply?
Banks are sending some non-Japanese customers requests to come into their branch and confirm their identities, which they say is part of a broader strategy to combat crime.
How U.S. citizens in Japan can apply for coronavirus aid payments from home
Lifelines gets answers from two taxation experts regarding the payments from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act.
Compensation may be a matter for the 'Red Book'
A reader would like to know what they are entitled to after being hit by a car while passing through an intersection.
Getting those shots in: Information on vaccinations in Japan
An interesting query came to Lifelines from LS, a reader in the United States who was born in Tokyo and lived here until her teens. She writes: I received vaccination shots as a baby and child through the Japanese hospital. I no longer have my ...
In search of family and friends in Japan
Here is another of our occasional columns featuring requests from readers who are hoping to reconnect with "long-lost" people in Japan. Derrick Tron is hoping to connect with Chiho Nakamori. Chiho stayed with Derrick's family while in Britain on a student visa in the ...
My husband is not my baby's father. Can my child take the dad's name?
A reader writes in to Lifelines asking for some advice on issues related to paternity and marriage.
Raising children as a foreign parent here is no picnic, but what about when your child is also coping with physical or learning challenges?
What does Japan's Nationality Act really mean for its dual citizens?
Given the present "don't ask, don't tell" attitude of the Justice Ministry, it would be highly unusual if Naomi Osaka was forced to relinquish her U.S. citizenship at the age of 22.
Bilingual project aims to be a springboard to women's empowerment in Japan
A new bilingual program aims to cross language and cultural barriers and help all women move ahead in their professional and personal lives — sharing with and learning from each other in the process.
More than a century on, Baden-Powell's Scouts span 169 nations, including Japan
Those in Japan wishing to join the movement can take their pick between the Scout Association of Japan and the Boy Scouts of America.
Amnesty International Japan program aims to help schools fill the gender information gap
Amnesty International Japan introduced the Gender Human Rights Education Project, with an aim to provide a forum and tools for students to learn about and discuss gender, discrimination and human rights protection
How can I ensure my family isn't liable for my elderly Japanese wife's driving mishaps?
Reader B wrote to Lifelines about his worries regarding his wife, a keen driver who is about to become an octogenarian.
