Japan and the California Problem Part 13

=Article XVIII.=--When a j.a.panese, by becoming the wife of a foreigner, has acquired the husband's nationality, then such j.a.panese loses her j.a.panese nationality.

=Article XX.=--A person who voluntarily acquires a foreign nationality loses j.a.panese nationality. In case a j.a.panese subject, who has acquired foreign nationality by reason of his or her birth in a foreign country has domiciled in that country, he or she may be expatriated with the permission of the Minister of State for Home Affairs. The application for the permission referred to in the preceding paragraph shall be made by the legal representative in case the person to be expatriated is younger than fifteen years of age. If the person in question is a minor above fifteen years of age, or a person adjudged incompetent, the application can be made with the consent of his or her legal representative or guardian. A stepfather, a stepmother, a legal mother, or a guardian may not make the application or give the consent prescribed in the preceding paragraph without the consent of the family council. A person who has been expatriated loses j.a.panese nationality.

=Article XXIV.=--Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding six articles a male of full seventeen years or upwards does not lose j.a.panese nationality, unless he has completed active service in the army or navy, or he is under no obligation to enter into it. A person who actually occupies an official post--civil or military--does not lose j.a.panese nationality notwithstanding the provisions of the foregoing seven articles.

=Article XXVI.=--A person who has lost j.a.panese nationality in accordance with Article XX may recover j.a.panese nationality provided that he or she possesses a domicile in j.a.pan, but this does not apply when the person mentioned in Article XVI has lost j.a.panese nationality. In case the person who has lost j.a.panese nationality in accordance with the provision of Article XX is younger than fifteen years of age, the application for the permission prescribed in the preceding paragraph shall be made by the father who is the member of the family to which such person belonged at the time of his expatriation; should the father be unable to do so, the application shall be made by the mother; if the mother is unable to do so, by the grandfather; and if the grandfather is unable to do so, then by the grandmother.

APPENDIX L

A MINUTE OF HEARING AT SEATTLE, WAs.h.i.+NGTON, BEFORE THE HOUSE SUB-COMMITTEE ON IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION

DIRECT EXAMINATION

July 27, 1920.

Evening Session SEATTLE

JAMES SAKAMOTO, produced as a witness, having been first duly sworn, testified as follows:

QUESTIONS BY MR. BOX:

_Q._ What is your name?

_A._ James Sakamoto.

_Q._ Where do you live?

_A._ 1609 Yesler Way.

_Q._ You were born in the United States?

_A._ Yes, sir.

_Q._ Where were you born?

_A._ In Seattle, Was.h.i.+ngton.

_Q._ Right here?

_A._ Yes.

_Q._ Are you full of Seattle spirits?

_A._ You bet.

_Q._ You only refer to one kind. How old are you?

_A._ Seventeen. I was born in 1903; March 22d.

_Q._ You go to school here?

_A._ Oh, yes.

_Q._ In the high school?

_A._ The Franklin High.

_Q._ About how many boys are there here in and about Seattle that were born here, along about your age, from three or four years younger to two or three years older?

_A._ Well, I only know of the fellows that I a.s.sociate with. I can't tell you the fellows that I don't know about.

_Q._ Do you know a number?

_A._ I don't know many of them.

_Q._ A half a dozen?

_Q._ How many in your high school are j.a.panese boys?

_A._ I think I am the only one.

_Q._ Are there many young ladies? Do you know this young lady that just testified?

_A._ Yes, sir.

_Q._ Are there many such nice looking girls as she is in Seattle?

_A._ You better ask them.

_Q._ You get along all right in school?

_A._ Oh, yes, sir.

_Q._ You don't have any trouble with your cla.s.ses, and boys?

_A._ I have lots of fun.

_Q._ You have a good time?

_A._ Yes, sir.

_Q._ Did you attend the j.a.panese Language School?

_A._ Yes, sir; eight years.