Declan Murphy and fj.life.in-japan is a baaaaaaaaaaad combination:

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>I pinched myself at least once, so no dream or hallucination. At that 
>particular time of the day I was also cold stone sober. What I can't 
>work out is....
>
>1) Why was there almost nobody around? In the work/employment section 
>there was only about 20 cute Filipino girls, a dodgy looking Japanese 
>dude in black suit and shades

He was, no doubt, the Filipino chicks' handler.

>2 or 3 lost looking eikaiwa type gaigins

I think they're all the same two or three who were there the last time I visited
the place in 1999. They like to hang around that little nursery room, right?

>about 15-20 depressed looking south merkins, and moi. The previous week 
>I had popped in to find out exactly what I needed for renewal 
>(toushi/keiei) since my previous visit had been for change of status - 
>and the placed had been absolutely jam packed.
>
>2) Speed - the place appears to have become a lot more wired up than a 
>year ago. But all the documents are still submitted analog. Why so much 
>faster? The kessansho and zaishokushoumeisho of course just disappear 
>into the void. They made a photocopy of my gensen thingee, then handed 
>it back with passport and gaigin card (and smiled again - the cagey buggers)

I dunno. OCR technology getting better?


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