My mother had an account in Japan that we did not know about. She has been deceased for seven years. Does Japanese law or American law apply? There is no Will; what happens now?
If this was a bank in Japan, Japanese laws will take effect unless it was a branch of a U.S. bank on U.S. soil as in on a military post.
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If this was a bank in Japan, Japanese laws will take effect unless it was a branch of a U.S. bank on U.S. soil as in on a military post.
