Originally Posted by
railroadtycoon
What I mean is, if you have say a spouse visa, then divorce, your spouse visa becomes invalid correct? (eg you are no longer married), say you left Japan and came back and had a re-entry permit with that spouse visa, you can't use that re-entry permit to come back in Japan because your spouse visa is no longer valid right? How can you re-enter and stay in Japan under a visa status that is longer valid or not longer eligible for?
The conditions for the landing permission (dependent through marriage) would become invalid, yes. The visa could have expired long before that. As for the case you propose, "don't ask, don't tell" would probably work just fine until the landing permission expired.