Certified Japanese translation for UAE authorities: family register extracts (koseki), residence certificates (juminhyo), notification acceptance certificates, degrees and company documents from Japan, translated into Arabic, and UAE documents into Japanese. Reiwa, Heisei and Showa dates converted to the Gregorian calendar, with the original era date kept.
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Before You Translate
Japanese civil records work differently from UAE ones, and the dates use a different system. These are common issues.
Japanese official documents often date events by imperial era. Reiwa began on 1 May 2019, so Reiwa 6 is 2024 (add 2018). Heisei ran from 8 January 1989 to 30 April 2019, so Heisei 10 is 1998 (add 1988). Showa ran from 25 December 1926 to 7 January 1989 (add 1925). The first year of an era is written 元年 (gannen) rather than 1. A birth on Heisei 31 April 30 and one on Reiwa 1 May 1 are a day apart. We convert every date and keep the original in brackets.
Japan records births, marriages and divorces in the family register (koseki) held by the municipality of the registered domicile. A full extract (koseki tohon, now often called a 全部事項証明書) shows everyone in the register; a partial extract (koseki shohon) shows one person. Some UAE files accept a koseki extract as proof of birth or marriage; others ask for a notification acceptance certificate (受理証明書). Check before you order.
Japan has been an Apostille Convention party since 1970, but the UAE is not on the status table. Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs says documents for non-Hague countries need its authentication (not an apostille), followed by legalisation at that country's embassy in Japan. For the UAE that is usually Japanese MOFA authentication, then the UAE Embassy in Tokyo, whose digital attestation also covers the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Japanese Documents We Translate
Japanese into Arabic for UAE authorities, and Arabic or English into Japanese for use in Japan.
Full and partial koseki extracts, including entries for birth, marriage, divorce, adoption and recognition of a child, for family visas, school enrolment, inheritance and court files.
Residence certificates (住民票) issued by the municipality where a person lives, showing address and household members, sometimes requested as proof of address or household composition.
Certificates of acceptance of a birth, marriage or divorce notification (受理証明書), often used when the event has not yet appeared in the koseki.
Japanese degrees, transcripts and graduation certificates, for certificate equivalency, professional licensing and employment in the UAE.
Certificates of registered matters (登記事項証明書), articles of incorporation, board minutes, seal certificates, powers of attorney and contracts, for UAE company setup and disputes.
UAE marriage and birth certificates, police clearances, judgments and trade licences translated into Japanese, for example to report a marriage or birth to a Japanese municipality. Ask the Japanese office what it requires.
How It Works
WhatsApp clear scans of every page, including seals, plus a passport copy for each person named. Tell us which UAE authority the translation is for.
We count the pages, confirm the price, and flag a document that looks wrong for your purpose or that carries an apostille instead of MOFA authentication.
A legal translator translates every entry and seal, converts era dates to Gregorian with the original shown, and matches romanised names to your passport.
You receive the signed and stamped certified translation, with each era date shown in the Gregorian calendar and the original kept. Same-day delivery is available for many documents. Hard copies are available on request.
Where It Is Used
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Excl. 5% VAT
Authentication fees in Tokyo and attestation fees in the UAE are paid to those bodies, not to us. We confirm your page count and total on WhatsApp before we start.
FAQ
Japanese is charged at AED 250 per 200-word page, excluding 5% VAT, in either direction. A juminhyo is often one page, but a full koseki extract for a large family can run to several. Send a scan on WhatsApp and we confirm the count first.
Add 1988 to a Heisei year and 2018 to a Reiwa year. Month and day stay the same. Take care around the changeover: Heisei 31 covers only January to April 2019, and Reiwa 1 (元年) starts on 1 May 2019. Our translations show the converted date with the original era date beside it.
Often, because the koseki is Japan's official civil record, but practice varies by authority and purpose. Some files ask for a notification acceptance certificate instead. Check with the receiving authority, then attest and translate the document it names.
We follow your passport spelling and make clear which part is the surname. Japanese puts the surname first, and since 2020 Japanese government documents also put the surname first in Roman letters. UAE records usually follow the passport fields, so we match those.
Japanese long vowels are romanised in different ways (Ōno, Ono, Ohno). We use your passport spelling throughout. If other documents differ, tell us so we can flag it before the authority does.
Usually not. Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs issues authentication rather than an apostille for countries outside the convention, and the UAE is not listed as a party. The usual route is MOFA authentication, then the UAE Embassy in Tokyo, which also covers the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Confirm with the embassy.
In a 2019 notice, the Japanese Consulate-General in Dubai said UAE government bodies accept its attestation only in exceptional cases, and Japanese MOFA authentication cannot be obtained at a Japanese embassy or consulate abroad. In most cases the documents need to go through Tokyo.
Yes: marriage and birth certificates, divorce documents, police clearances, judgments and company papers. Japanese municipalities and courts set their own requirements for foreign documents, so ask the receiving office what it needs first.
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Send a scan and a passport copy on WhatsApp. We confirm the price, convert every era date and deliver a certified Arabic translation with names that match.