Ernest Schaal <eschaal@max.hi-ho.ne.jp> wrote in message news:<BD12999A.1E6D4%eschaal@max.hi-ho.ne.jp>...
> There was an article in the Japan Times (DPJ's Korean for Asia unity, ethnic
> pride) that had the factoid that 713,755 permanent residents in Japan, the
> majority of which are "Koreans." I was surprised how small that number is,
> considering the large number of Chinese, Koreans, and Indians I have met
> here.

Onh that subject, how does a forigner become a permeanent resident of Japan, anyway?