Koseki Translation (戸籍謄本)
Koseki Translation into English for Australia
The Ministry of Justice explains that family registration is the system for recording the kinship of individuals from birth until death, that it is made for every Japanese national, and that it is handled by each city, town or village. Computerised municipalities issue the full register as a 戸籍全部事項証明書 (the modern equivalent of the 戸籍謄本) and the individual record as a 戸籍個人事項証明書 (equivalent to the 戸籍抄本). Because the register records family-status events — birth, marriage, divorce, adoption, death — it is commonly used as birth and family evidence in Australia, but it is not simply a Western-style standalone birth certificate. We provide NAATI-certified English translations of koseki (戸籍) certificates — including 戸籍全部事項証明書 / koseki tohon (戸籍謄本), 戸籍個人事項証明書 / koseki shohon (戸籍抄本) and joseki tohon (除籍謄本) — at $59 per page with under 24-hour delivery.
Identifying the koseki certificate you hold
Australian organisations usually ask for evidence of birth, marriage, divorce or a family relationship rather than for a 'koseki' by name. Check the certificate title printed on your document and the exact version requested by the receiving organisation. Municipal request procedures are set out in the Ministry of Justice guidance on 戸籍の記録事項証明書（戸籍謄抄本）.
- If you have been asked to evidence birth or parentage for a partner, child, parent or citizenship application
- If you need to show a marriage or divorce that was registered in Japan
- Where a name change, adoption or legitimation appears only in the register
- For deceased-estate, probate and family-law matters requiring proof of relationship
- If an organisation has asked you for proof of identity history
Related pages, with their own document names: Japanese birth certificate translation, marriage certificate (婚姻届受理証明書), juminhyo (住民票) translation, or browse all country-specific documents we translate.
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How we translate a koseki
A koseki is a structured register, not a narrative document. Our NAATI-certified Japanese translators reproduce the register layout of your copy in English — the field labels, each entry and the marginal notations as printed — so the record can be followed line by line. The issuing office details and the certification statement printed on your copy are rendered as they appear.
- 戸籍全部事項証明書 — full register certificate (koseki tohon, 戸籍謄本)
- 戸籍個人事項証明書 — individual record certificate (koseki shohon, 戸籍抄本)
- Joseki tohon (除籍謄本) — closed register
- Kaisei genkoseki (改製原戸籍)
- TransLingo translates the certificate you supply; we do not issue, obtain, verify, notarise or apostille register certificates
- Check the certificate title printed on your document and the exact version requested by the receiving organisation
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