Registered Information
The information stored in the alien registration system included:
- Date of registration
- Name (including any legal alias)
- Date of birth
- Gender
- Nationality and place of residence in home country
- Place of birth
- Employer/school, work/school address and occupation (if any)
- Passport number and date of issuance
- Date of landing in Japan
- Status of residence and duration of stay
- Residential address
- Information regarding household members (including name, date of birth, nationality and relationship)
- Information regarding parent(s) and/or spouse residing in Japan
This information was recorded in a physical document called a tōroku genpyō (登録原票?), kept by the municipality in which the subject lived. Any changes in registered information had to be reported to the municipal office.
If a resident alien moves within Japan, they were required to report their move to the new municipality of residence, which then takes possession of the tōroku genpyō. The tōroku genpyō was closed when the alien leaves Japan without a re-entry permit, and is then kept in an archive at the Ministry of Justice. Any subsequent entry to Japan by the same person required a new registration which was kept on a new tōroku genpyō.
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