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If you have double citizenship, please select the country of the passport you will use to enter Japan.
If you have Japanese passport, please be sure to select “Japan”, even if you have double citizenship or you live outside Japan, and regardless of whether you are able to use Japanese.
(In that case, please note that we will not prepare your Certificate of the Eligibility fora visa application as you can enter Japan without visa.)
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