> Before you even waste your time on this, maybe you should say what your 
> situation is -- visiting for a short term, living here, trying to make a 
> budget so you can move here?  If you are visiting, just spend enough for 
> a hotel room that has a LAN connection.  They're not much more than a 
> hostel room, if at all.  You can use web based mail servers and just 
> read your mail off the free PC in some hotel lobbies and at internet 
> cafes.  There's also inexpensive WiFi ...

If I was to arrive in Tokyo with a laptop, how would I get cheap 
internet? Is there free wireless everywhere?