Japan announced a key change to its family registration system that will allow individuals from Taiwan to list Taiwan, instead of China, as their place of origin. The change will take effect in May.

Yonaguni is only 110 kilometers (68 miles) east of Taiwan, around which China has bolstered military activity. Worried about a conflict, Japan has made a “southwestern shift” in its military posture ...

Japan’s Ministry of Justice is to start allowing people to write “Taiwan” in the nationality field on household registration forms starting on May 26. It is part of a change that would allow people to ...

Japan will allow people from Taiwan to list the island as their place of origin in the country's family registry instead of China, a justice ministry official said Tuesday. When a Japanese citizen ...