Starting on July 9, 2012, the Alien Registration System will be abolished and the New Residency Management System and Basic Resident Registry System for Foreign Residents will begin.
･New Residency Management System (For details in multiple languages, see this site)
･Basic Resident Registry System for Foreign Residents (For details in multiple languages, see this site )

*The municipal government of the area you live now will send you a temporary resident's card in about May, 2012, so please confirm it.
If you have not submitted a "moving -out notification", please require to the municipal government of the area you live now.

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