"guy-jin" <guyvf@usa.net> wrote:

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

One goes to the local immigration office, plonks all the necessary documents
on the counter, and goes back 6 months or so later to collect the visa.
There are more details on Arudo "Danny" Debito's website...
http://www.debito.org/permres.html

-- 
Dave Fossett
Saitama, Japan