On 12/31/03 13:46, in article 3FF31980.D989954E@yahoo.co.jp, "Eric
Takabayashi" <etakajp@yahoo.co.jp> wrote:

 
>> I still don't get the ranting about the testing centres. In both prefectures
>> in which I lived, the foreigners generally had no problems getting a license
>> and none were every told to go to driving school....and Mie and Aichi ain't
>> exactly freewheeling, open-minded prefectures either.
> 
> But they're still different from places where people (including experienced
> drivers and Japanese who've driven abroad) rant about licensing centers.

The testing results are certainly different but that's not what I'm talking
about .Please don't try to tell me that Hiroshima-ken, Osaka, Tokyo, etc.
are somehow much less open-minded about foreigners than Aichi and Mie. It's
obviously something else leading to the difference in results.