On 18 Oct 2003 19:50:33 -0700, anotherfool@hotmail.com (another fool)
belched the alphabet and kept on going with:

>Anyone know if there is any civil aviation in Japan?  

Yes, there is civil aviation in Japan.

>Wife doesn't seem to think so 

Please inform her that one may find Cessnas, sailplanes, , hot air
balloons, paragliders, motorized paragliders, etc in Japan.

>and I have not seen any small civilian planes flying around.

Sort of depends on where you are as to how likely you are to encounter
them. They're out there, though.