I don’t know about the ”lavender marriage“ thing, but the above is currently not true. I’ve paid taxes, gotten married, entered a family registry and employment contracts, registered my place of residence, etc. under my own name. I did need a hanko for certain things, but not everything.
It may have been true in the past, but I’ve been here a few decades and have never had anyone ask me to change my name.
Now some fuckery can occur when you get married and enter a family registry. Apparently men can completely change their names at this time. I’m not sure how to do it or what is legally involved, but a lot of Koreans and Chinese do this to hide where they came from. It’s also how you end up with an
ex-marine nigger rapist and muderer with a name like Kenneth Shinzato.
But all of that is moot, unless this fag married a girl to get permanent residence. Which though unlikely, is not impossible.
A company can help you with a work visa, but not citizenship. And as soon as you lose that job, you revert back to a 3-month tourist visa and are not allowed to work. This is the primary thing companies will hold over the heads of pathetic weebs at their sad little English teaching jobs.
It’s possible to overstay your visa, but you’d better have some sort of outside income, a place to stay that isn’t on your immigration paperwork, and stay out of sight. Japan ain’t America—immigration will chase you and deport you, and cops will approach you and ask to see your residence card. You will not get a decent job without a residence card and work permit, and no housing or apartment rental agency will talk to you if you can’t produce them.