With this increase in the non-Japanese population in Japan, the international marriages in Japan are also increasing. Such marriages can be of the sort, (1) foreigner marrying a foreigner in Japan or (2) a foreigner marrying a Japanese national in Japan.
Foreigners living in Japan or Japanese citizens living in overseas require notarized / authenticated / attested (hereafter collectively called as authorized) documents on many occasions like issuing power of attorney, applying for marriage / permanent residency / naturalization etc
