Article 4.

The mayor of the city or the head of the town or village shall, in case an application has been made under Paragraph 1 of the preceding Article, register, on the alien registration card (hereinafter referred to as “registration card”), the following Items, among which (9) and (20) are to be registered only for aliens other than the permanent residents specified in the upper column of Table 2 of the Immigration Control Act (hereinafter referred to as "permanent resident") or special permanent residents as provided for in the Special Law on the Immigration Control of, Inter Alios, Those Who Have Lost Japanese Nationality on the Basis of the Treaty of Peace with Japan (Law No.71 of 1991, hereinafter referred to as "the Special Law on Immigration Control") (hereinafter referred to as "special permanent resident"), while Items (18) and (20) are to be registered only for aliens other than those whose period of stay has been prescribed to be less than one year under the provisions of the Immigration Control Act and who are staying within such period (excluding aliens who have been granted permission to stay in Japan for one year or more counting from a commencement of the initial period of stay as a result of an extension of the period of stay or a change in the status of residence) (hereinafter referred to as "less-than-one-year resident"), and the application shall be kept in the offices of the relevant city, town or village.

(1) Number of registration;
(2) Date of registration;
(3) Name in full;
(4) Date of birth;
(5) Sex;
(6) Nationality;
(7) Domicile or residence in the country of his nationality;
(8) Place of birth;
(9) Occupation;
(10) Passport number;
(11) Date of issuance of passport;
(12) Date of landing permission;
(13) Status of residence (meaning the status of residence as a permanent resident or special permanent resident as provided for in the Immigration Control Act)
(14) Period of stay (meaning the period of stay provided for in the Immigration Control Act);
(15) Address in Japan;
(16) Name of householder;
(17) Personal relationship to householder;
(18) Name, date of birth, nationality and personal relationship to householder of the household members (except the householder concerned) in case the alien concerned is a householder;
(19) Name, date of birth and nationality of father, mother and spouse who are in Japan (except father, mother and spouse who are the members of the household, in case the alien concerned is a householder);
(20) Name and location of place where the alien is employed or his office;

2. The mayor of the city or the head of the town or village shall, in case he has carried out the registration mentioned in the preceding paragraph, prepare the copy of the registration card concerned and send it to the Minister of Justice.