Court rules Japan's ban on dual citizenship is constitutional

A court in Japan has ruled that the country’s law prohibiting citizens from having multiple nationalities is constitutional, local media reported on Thursday. [ . . . ] Under Article 11 of the nationality law, Japanese citizens “who acquire non-Japanese nationality on their own instigation automatically lose their Japanese one, effectively banning multiple nationalities,” read the report. The plaintiffs claimed the stipulation was originally enforced to prevent “overlapping military service obligations imposed by multiple nations and other purposes.” They said the law “forcefully depriving Japanese people of nationality violates the Constitution,” the report said.
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