mlamphier@hotmail.com (m. lamphier) wrote in message news:<53fc9e0a.0306122037.4e81ce87@posting.google.com>...
> I am currently in Japan on a 90-day tourist/business visa (granted to
> US citizens) while working at the Japan branch of my company. I left
> Japan for a one-week vacation in April and came back for another 90
> days. Now my work may keep me in Japan a little longer than the
> originally planned second 90-day period. I could do another trip to
> Korea, etc. but I am just wondering if anyone has experince with just
> going down to the immigration office and getting the standard 90-day
> tourist/business visa extended for another month or two, i.e. without
> leaving the country.
> 
Though I trust Declan on this, I'll add my useless two cents and
suggest you contact the embassy/consulate and ask them. Seems like
there ought to be a way. But, then, when I first moved to Japan I
thought there ought to be a way for Japanese companies to make a
washing machine that didn't require relocating the laundry to another
basket for spinning.

John W.