Countries:
Japan
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Diaspora, Ethnicity

Japundit highlights a book by U.S.-born Arudou Debito, formerly David Christopher Aldwinckle, about how he went to live in Japan and became a citizen of that country.

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  • Jim O'Connell

    Actually, Arudou Debito didn’t “go back” in the sense he’s not ethnically Japanese.

    From debito.org:

    “My name is Arudou Debito ( 有道出人 in Kanji ), formerly David Christopher Aldwinckle, born 1965 in the United States, Permanent Resident of Japan from 1996, and naturalized Japanese citizen from 2000.”

    # 2006-03-20 at 1:36 am
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  • Luisetta Mudie

    Thanks for pointing that out, Jim. I’ll fix the post so that it reflects that. Anyone reading this later will have to infer what the original error was…

    # 2006-03-20 at 8:40 am
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  • amanda bugarin

    what are the things needed to be a citizenship of japan??

    # 2007-07-30 at 5:13 am
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