No. There is no independent death certificate system in Japan. It is a part of Koseki family registry record for Japanese nationals. Koseki family registry records are strictly confidential. We need to subcontract a Japanese attorney or obtain a letter of authorization from the bereaved family to get it. For US citizen deceased in Japan, U.S. embassy or consulate office register “the death as The Consular Report of Death of a U.S. Citizen Abroad.” In this case, U.S. Embassy of Tokyo is cooperative to our verification. But U.S. Consulate Office Osaka never disclose the information of its registration.