To all foreign residents living in Japan:
CHANGES TO THE IMMIGRATION CONTROL ACT EFFECTIVE FROM JULY 2012
The Act on Partial Amendments to the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act and the Special Act on the Immigration Control of, Inter Alia, Those Who Have Lost Japanese Nationality Pursuant to the Treaty of Peace with Japan was promulgated on July 15, 2009, and a new system of residence management will be implemented from July 2012*.
* The actual date of enforcement will be stipulated in a Cabinet order
For more information, please refer to the Immigration Bureau of Japan's website (English page):
http://www.immi-moj.go.jp/newimmiact_1/en/index.html