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My bank wants my residence card details to fight terrorism. Do I have to comply?

How-tos | LIFELINES Nov 29, 2020

My bank wants my residence card details to fight terrorism. Do I have to comply?

by Louise George Kittaka

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

How-tos | LIFELINES May 24, 2020

How U.S. citizens in Japan can apply for coronavirus aid payments from home

by Louise George Kittaka

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'

How-tos | LIFELINES Apr 27, 2020

Compensation may be a matter for the 'Red Book'

by Seiji Yamaura

A reader would like to know what they are entitled to after being hit by a car while passing through an intersection.

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Getting those shots in: Information on vaccinations in Japan

How-tos | LIFELINES Jun 12, 2019

Getting those shots in: Information on vaccinations in Japan

by Louise George Kittaka

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 ...

How-tos | LIFELINES Mar 20, 2019

In search of family and friends in Japan

by Louise George Kittaka

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?

How-tos | LIFELINES Oct 24, 2018

My husband is not my baby's father. Can my child take the dad's name?

by Natsumi Fujii

A reader writes in to Lifelines asking for some advice on issues related to paternity and marriage.

Raising kids in Japan, with extra challenges: Foreign parents of children with physical or learning difficulties share their stories

How-tos | LIFELINES Oct 14, 2018

Raising kids in Japan, with extra challenges: Foreign parents of children with physical or learning difficulties share their stories

by Louise George Kittaka

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?

How-tos | LIFELINES Sep 19, 2018

What does Japan's Nationality Act really mean for its dual citizens?

by Cory Baird and Sakura Murakami

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

How-tos | LIFELINES Sep 16, 2018

Bilingual project aims to be a springboard to women's empowerment in Japan

by Louise George Kittaka

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

How-tos | LIFELINES Sep 12, 2018

More than a century on, Baden-Powell's Scouts span 169 nations, including Japan

by Margaret Goff

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

How-tos | LIFELINES Aug 22, 2018

Amnesty International Japan program aims to help schools fill the gender information gap

by Louise George Kittaka

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?

How-tos | LIFELINES Aug 5, 2018

How can I ensure my family isn't liable for my elderly Japanese wife's driving mishaps?

by Takashi Ito

Reader B wrote to Lifelines about his worries regarding his wife, a keen driver who is about to become an octogenarian.

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