{"id":99,"date":"2025-04-15T14:15:19","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T05:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.issj.org\/adoption-web-en\/?page_id=99"},"modified":"2025-04-15T14:15:19","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T05:15:19","slug":"howtoaccess","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.issj.org\/adoption-web-en\/roots\/howtoaccess\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Access Records"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Just as much as other children, adopted children have \u201cas far as possible, the right to know [\u2026] his or her parents\u201d (Article 7, Convention on the Rights of the Child). Learning about one\u2019s parents is an essential step in ensuring the psychological stability of each child, enhancing their self-esteem, and having them form their own identity. Here, we introduce some ways in which you can access your disparate records and information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Family register<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The family registry is a system that registers and notarizes the nationality and family relations (birth, marriage, adoption, acknowledgment, death, etc.) of Japanese citizens from when they are born to when they die. Please read the detail as below;<\/p>\n\n\n

\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\tFamily Court Order Document<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n

Private mediation agency records<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Private adoption mediation agencies keep records of their cases, investigation records, and more. There should be records of the circumstances that led to the adoption, how the agency provided support, various information obtained from the birth parents (family structure, upbringing, educational background, hobbies\/tastes, personality, affiliations, health information, etc.). Additionally, staff members who were there at the time the agency was working the case may be able to share stories from that time. The records managed and preserved by the mediation agency should also include information about the adopted child at the time of the adoption. You may wish to consult them to find out how you would obtain these records.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Child Guidance Center records<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

If your adoption was established on the basis of foster care placement by the Child Guidance Center, you may wish to inquire with the Child Guidance Center in your jurisdiction to see if there are any records remaining from that time. A good first step to consultation would be requesting your family register, and calling the Child Guidance Center that has jurisdiction over your place of residence at the time the adoption was established<\/s><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reference( in Japanese)<\/span><\/strong> List of Child Guidance Centers (Children and Families Agency)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Request Records from Child Guidance Center<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Request for Disclosure of Personal Information<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

The Act on the Protection of Personal Information was established in order to protect the rights and interests of individuals. The Act on the Protection of Personal Information Held by Administrative Organs stipulates that \u201cAny person may, pursuant to the provisions of this Act, request the head of an Administrative Organ to disclose the Retained Personal Information for which the said person is the Individual Concerned, held by the said Administrative Organ\u201d (Article 12 , Paragraph 1).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No reason is required to request such personal information, and minors also have the right to request it (the consent of a legal representative is considered necessary for those 12-15 years of age). If the adopted child is a minor, the adoptive parents may file on the minor\u2019s behalf as their legal representative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to Request Disclosure<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

\u30fbObtain a disclosure request form
\u30fbGo to the Child Guidance Center, or the personal information desk of the local government that has established the Child Guidance Center
\u30fbDisclosure requests can also be made by mail<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You may use notations like the following with regards to the retained personal information for which you would like to request disclosure.
Example1<\/span><\/strong> Child records, guidance progress records, and all other documents regarding me that are held by the XXXXX Child Guidance Center
Example2<\/strong><\/span>\u3000All information held by the XXXXX Child Guidance Center regarding me<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The information will generally be disclosed as long as you request it. The following information, however, will not be disclosed, and will be blacked out.\u3000<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u30fbInformation on third parties such as birth parents
\u30fbInformation held under a non-disclosure agreement
\u30fbIn cases where the parent or guardian requests the disclosure, information that is determined to be detrimental to the interests of the minor if disclosed<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Baby Home\/Children\u2019s Home Records<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

If the adopted child was placed in an infant home or children\u2019s home before being taken in by their adoptive parents, records from that time have likely been kept preserved at the facility in question. Residential facilities may have kept a record of the child\u2019s everyday life, health records, birth family visitation records, and more. You may wish to consult them to find out how you can view and obtain such records.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reference( in Japanese)<\/span><\/strong> List of Baby Home in Japan<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reference( in Japanese)<\/span><\/strong> List of children\u2019s home<\/span> in Japan<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u5168\u56fd\u306e\u5150\u7ae5\u990a\u8b77\u65bd\u8a2d\uff08\u5168\u56fd\u5150\u7ae5\u990a\u8b77\u65bd\u8a2d\u5354\u8b70\u4f1a\u30a6\u30a7\u30d6\u30b5\u30a4\u30c8\uff09<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Just as much as other children, adopted children have \u201cas far as possible, the right to know [\u2026] his or her parents\u201d (Article 7, Convention on the Rights of the Child). Learning about one\u2019s parents is an essential step in ensuring the psychological stability of each child, enhancing their self-esteem, and having them form their own identity. Here, we introduce some ways in which you can access your disparate records and information. Family register The family registry is a system that registers and notarizes the nationality and family relations (birth, marriage, adoption, acknowledgment, death, etc.) of Japanese citizens from when they are born to when they die. Please read the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":81,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"swell_btn_cv_data":"","vkexunit_cta_each_option":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-99","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.issj.org\/adoption-web-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/99"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.issj.org\/adoption-web-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.issj.org\/adoption-web-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.issj.org\/adoption-web-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.issj.org\/adoption-web-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.issj.org\/adoption-web-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/99\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":100,"href":"https:\/\/www.issj.org\/adoption-web-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/99\/revisions\/100"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.issj.org\/adoption-web-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/81"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.issj.org\/adoption-web-en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}