Ned Kelly wrote:
> 
> 
> john@rarebooksinjapan.com wrote:
> 
>> Louise Bremner wrote:
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>>
>>> If you're really worried about this, ring the Japanese embassy/consulate
>>> in your country and discuss it with them.
>>
>>
>>
>> On almost all the occasions I have consulted an embassy (any embassy,
>> the Japanese embassy included) I have been met with high-handedness,
>> rudeness and plain lies.
> 
> 
> So it's just not the Australian embassies/consulates?
> 
> Not sure if that makes me feel better or not.
> 
The American embassy in Curacao won't let Americans apply for passports 
in person, and won't cash checks written on Antillean banks, even when 
the check is written in US funds.

KWW