Anyone know how hard it would be to access adoption records in Japan? -

I would love to help my mom find her birth-sister (they were both adopted by different American families) from Japan. Just wanted to know how hard it is to access records like that in Japan if even possible. Don t know where to start..I would hate to know I have a sister, but never see her in my lifetime!

In case of usual adoption between Japanese, you have to contact the local government office where she applied for adoption (It s where she or the child lived at the time of adoption). They still have the record and if she says she wants to see it, they will let her see it. But the things may be different in your case because your sister was adopted by American family. Are you sure that the family still lives in Japan? Anyway, what your mom must do is to remember where she lived at the time of adoption and she can contact its local government office.