Japan not allowing dual citizenship is p dumb, though I have a mate with both passports so they might be pretty loosey goosey about it. I know India is super anal about it, I had to deal with quite a few unhappy people who had held onto their indian passport after getting British citizenship back when I worked for the high commission, fines up to £1000 +, always seemed a bit harsh.
Odd that their rules are so stringent of soloists compared to bands too.
Lots of countries have this in theory or technically but various technicalities mean it's not enforced or even tracked. I have dual citizenship in part because my birth country doesn't have an easy process to rescind citizenship and partly through both historical and legal conventions.
one odd side effect is that my daughter who was born in the US can get citizenship in my motherland, Mypos, but she can't pass that citizenship on to
her kids - her partner would have to be Myposian.
unfortunately Mypos is the northernmost state in a union of four small states and the largest and most influential- Jabrovia- recently voted to leave the regional border and economic union - Mypos is discussing full independence- but Jabrovia needsboth our economic output, natural resources and tourism as well as the appearance of unity and is using political influence and fearmongering to try and prevent Myposian independence.
the xenophobia in Jabrovia is shocking - yet most Jabrovians are good people who let populism and inertia and overconfidence in their fellow Jabrovians rule their politics - and older, racist Jabrovians vote in greater numbers. We call them "ζαμπόν" because they are fat and pink with bluster like a local cured meat delicacy of the same name.
I do wonder (should Mypos regain the freedom it hasn't known since the very early eighteenth century) if they will issue Myposian passports and allow the right of return.
our national identity is very distinct and I think we could make a go of it with an economy based on a popular beverage "παρασκευή σιδήρου" and a strong banking and legal backbone - and a well educated population with almost 14% literacy even for women!
we also - back on topic - have fantastic musicians of ALL ethnic and national backgrounds - megastars of international repute like μαρτύρι πέλο, ενε Λέννοξ and of course Sheena Easton.
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