My wife had a bank account in Japan when she went to school there. How can I check the status of that account?
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It depends what the banking laws are in Japan and how long the account has been dormant.  Here in New Jersey I just received a notice from a bank in which I have a checking account that I have not used in ages to the effect that unless I re-activate the account they will start charging me a $12.95 per month dormant fee. Since I only have about $15 in the account it will disappear pretty fast.  The same sort of thing might happen in Japan, depending on the banking practices there.  If the account is dormant for any prolonged period of time it might be nibbled away by fees until it ceases to exist.\n\nThere must be some sort of quasi-governmental banking regulatory agency in Japan, and if there is you might start there with whatever information you have. In any case, the sooner you act on it the better.  It used to be that people robbed banks, but now it is the banks that rob people.
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IF you know what school the child is attending, and IF that school has a web page, you should be able to find out the phone number for the school, and call the secretary.  She will probably need to confirm your identity somehow (due to privacy laws) but after that is dealt with to her satisfaction, she could at least let you know if the child is on track to graduate in '07 - but a lot can happen between now and next May.
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If you are the legitimate owner of the account, you should contact the bank in which the account was opened.  Assuming you can provide adequate proof of identity, they would be able to provide the account number.\n\nIt's also possible that you could obtain it from the bank over the phone, but they may need positive proof.
1016654
Start with talking to your bank. They can find out the account where the money was transferred into.\n\nThey may also be able to give you some advice as to how to proceed from there.
1102509
Go to the bank that you had the account with. If they can't retrieve the details then there is form that I think the British Bankers Association have produced on Dormant Bank accounts (ask them for it). Fill the form in and hand it back. The bank should then try locate your money (although it may take a while). Hope you find a pot of gold.lol
1008505
Most webpages can be translated into english.  Also finding this persons email will be a hard task unless the have published to the public.  Your best bet is to order a phone book from Morioka Japan and look up their phone number and call em.
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Try explaining to your girlfriend that a SWIFT code is like a house address and postcode that help overseas bank find the exact bank in Japan with the code combinations (Country code, bank code, etc).\n\nShe can get it by calling the bank she belongs to and explain the situation, that someone wanted to send her some money from overseas and needed the SWIFT code.  Otherwise, she can go to her bank (most likely she'll end up going to the head branch where they do most of the International transactions--depends on the bank's policies) and ask them for the SWIFT code.  Let her know that it should be as easy as withdrawing money from the bank, if she's all worried about it.
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You could always look back in your checkbook to see how much you wrote the check for.  Best to call the old brokerage firm though and see if they still have the info in their databases.
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try www.classmates.com and see if she is registered there.
763660
Go to your Embassy and they can help you with that information!!
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Check with your local bank.
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You can call the registrar of the university and ask them to verify that the person graduated.  It might help to tell them that you are checking references for employment.
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try these sites\n\nhttp://www.nccourts.org/Citizens/CPrograms/Foreign/Default.asp\n\nhttp://www.unc.edu/depts/asia/program_japanese.html
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I had to go through this recently too, and it's been 20 yrs that I graduated.  You need to directly call someone from the superintendant of schools and give them the info and they will get it for you.  I intially had someone tell me that the records wouldn't still be around, then when I talked to someone directly over the phone, it wasn't a problem at all.
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You could also check with her bank to see if she had a safety deposit box.   Bank records (like statements) might show a payment that was made to the insurance company.\n\nIf you've exhausted all the options that you can do yourself (digging thru her papers), you could pay someone to do the search for you.  I found this site  when I googled your question.  \n\nhttp://www.searchint.com/policy.htm\n\nI have no affiliation with this company, I assume they charge you for their efforts.\n\nGood Luck
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contact your old school, they will have the info on file, it may take a while to dig it up, but they have it
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Well I should think that would be a fairly simple task. You call U Cal-Santa Cruz administration and find out from them how you go about verifying the potential applicant's education record. Do they have a record of her receiving a degree etc. etc. Ask them to send or fax a copy of the info.\nLL