Kevin Gowen wrote:
> Declan Murphy wrote:
> 
>>Kevin Gowen wrote:
>>
>>>Declan Murphy wrote:
>>
>>>>You carried a card indicating that you were a registered foreign 
>>>>resident of Japan. You were in the country on a visa that had required a 
>>>>certificate of eligibility. You were not required to line up with the 
>>>>foreigners at the immigration desk if/when re-entering Japan. Presumably 
>>>>you continued to breathe during the periods in which your passport and 
>>>>you were over here. You would have met all of the criteria a Japanese 
>>>>credit card company would've required. Ergo, a resident. Even some of 
>>>>the students on shugaku visas have obtained credit cards.
>>>>
>>>>As for not "living" in Japan, well OK you were a JET. Technically its 
>>>>life Jim, but not as we know it.
>>>
>>>No, I lacked a 住民票. I did not live in Japan.
>>>
>>>- Kevin
>>
>>Ahh - a fruitloop who translates 住民票 as "residency document" or some
>>such. That nuff nuff in Hokkaido probably does too. Last time I looked
>>around there were quite a few breathing, fornicating, taxpaying
>>homosapiens living around town without a 住民票. I hope you intend to
>>pursue your career with the same levels of enthusiasm you have when
>>milking the snake, as you would do well.
> 
> Well, take it up with the government. That's how Japan has no homeless
> population, you see.

In my case (single gaigin, no kids) I'm not worried about not having a
住民票. I'm almost not confused by the term "resident". In the case of
the homeless, the Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare and other
government agencies are well aware that there is a large homeless
population, and seem to have no ideas better than those of their
bureaucratic counterparts in gaikokuland struggling with similar
problems. Regardless of whether they have a 住民票 or not, I'm quite
sure that any homeless person living on the streets of Tokyo or Osaka
would (at best) laugh in the face of any Floridian weenie who suggested
that they were not "living in Japan".

>>Do you still have the credit card?
> 
> No, I cancelled it before I left.

Pity. It would have been interesting to see what the credit card
company's reaction was if they found/were told that they had a gaigin
customer, continuing to use the card and pay the bills while no longer
residing in the country.


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