Returning to Japan with a Newborn: Passports, Paperwork & Citizenship

What does it actually take to move to Japan with a newborn who was born abroad?

☕ Welcome back to Matcha Mum’s — a podcast about raising kids and navigating family life in Japan as an international family.

In this episode, I’m sharing our experience of returning to Japan with our three-month-old son after giving birth in Germany. From getting his German birth certificate and passport to registering his birth in Japan and Japanese citizenship including what didn’t go according to plan and why I recommend starting the process as early as possible.

I’ll also share how we prepared his health checks and vaccination records for Japan and what we needed before travelling to Japan with our ...