1.   According to the law, children can get Japanese nationality when either their father or mother is Japanese.

2.   Japan usually makes it difficult for foreigners to get Japanese nationality.

3.   The government recently approved applications for Japanese nationality by six professional Canadian players so that they could join the Japanese team.

4.   Presiding Judge Teruyuki Ode of the Kyoto District Court was quoted as saying the Japanese nationality requirement for government pensions is not discriminatory or unconstitutional.

5.   After agonizing over whether or not to recognize him as a Japanese citizen, the government later announced that he was entitled to Japanese nationality and could stay.

6.   Ho Sok said police still were investigating because the men claimed originally to have Japanese nationality but carried North Korean passports.

7.   The boy will only be given Japanese nationality if it can be proven that his mother was Japanese, the official said.

8.   Two have obtained Japanese nationality to date, he said.

9.   Seven foreigners took an examination for municipal officials Sunday in Kawasaki, southwest of Tokyo, after the city scrapped the rule requiring public servants to hold Japanese nationality.

10.   The daughter had Japanese nationality.