Ouch... Hopefully Japan will change this at some point, with the increase in international marriages. I've been living here long enough and paid enough taxes to

Ouch... Hopefully Japan will change this at some point, with the increase in international marriages. I've been living here long enough and paid enough taxes to consider becoming a citizen. But I wouldn't trade it for my US citizenship. Interesting aside. One of my Taiwanese friends got his Japanese citizenship, and thus renounced his Taiwanese. But plot twist: Taiwan allows (what's akin to) temporary renouncment. Now he's a dual citizen.