Japanese Law No.2 The Real Estate Registration of Inheritance in Japan by Americans’ Will

One day in July, I received a request from a Bengoshi Lawyer(Attorney-at-Law).
She asked me to determine whether the real estate registration of inheritance by a will is possible.

I passed my eyes over this will and I knew as follows:
1. It has been created by a man domiciled in the city of Detroit, State of Michigan, when he was in State of Oregon.
2. There have been signatures of two witnesses in it, but
3. There is no certification of acknowledgment of notary public,
4. The will texts have been typewritten and some texts of it have been blacked out and instead some handwritten sentences have been added to it.

I lost no time in investigating State of Michigan law and made sure the will was valid, and I considered carefully and concluded that the registration is possible as long as the successor was granted “kennin” of the will (as I mentioned on Oct.14th, 2008《Japanese Trust Law No.1》) by Japanese Family court under Japan-U.S. substantive law and conflict law.

This week, I’ve just submitted the application for registration online.
I want the person in charge to finish the registration procedure quickly before this year comes to a close.