TOKYO: A foreign resident of Japan unwittingly lived under a fake identity for six months until it came to light that he had been mixed up with an uncannily similar stranger.
The man in his 20s went to register his residency status at Tokushima City Hall in western Japan in November, an official from the municipality told AFP on Tuesday .
When the man came to city hall, staff searched the national ID number registry and found that someone with the same details lived in another city, the official said. Half a year later, the national pension service noticed that something was up, and informed the city of their error.
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