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Getting married in Japan comes down to filing the correct paperwork. The process and required documents vary depending on the expat’s home country and the nationality of the person they are marrying.

A more mellow place to get your shopping done, too. Kameari is a neighborhood in Tokyo’s Katsushika Ward. Considered as one of the more low-key, shitamachi areas of the city, you’ll find that it’s ...