band beyond description <shadowboxing.the@apocalypse.com> wrote:
> Declan Murphy <declan_murphy@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> What do you think of this case? Must be more to it than just a few
>> critical/negative blog posts...
>> http://www.economist.com/blogs/banyan/2012/01/japans-immigration-control
> 
> Weird stuff...been bandied about in the Twittersphere even before The
> Economist Banyan blog ran it with veracity disclaimers, with some tweeps
> saying he's a crock at worst and a selective withholder of all pertinent
> facts and misrepresenter of his stated occupation (a "journalist") at best.

Hit send too soon...

All that said, anything that shines a light on murky J-immigration/Justice
Ministry/police procedures and arbitrariness—even to the extent alleged in
the original post—can't be all bad.