CL wrote:
> 
> Maybe you could do a video of the whole process and post it on You Tube
> as a sort of memorial version of the last gaijin to make it through
> before darkness fell.  Or blow it out of proportion in some other way.
> 

I came back yesterday (sorry, no YouTube video).  Although the signs for
re-entry permit holders have already been removed, I went through the
Japanese line with no problems.  Only one person was in front of me and
it took about one minute.  The foreign line just a few meters away was
ridiculously backed up.  I'm not looking forward to having to use it
next time I leave.

John