Ken Yasumoto-Nicolson <ken_nicolson@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Whenever when anyone mentions gaigin crime figures, there's usually a
> lot of hand-waving about a third of them being visa offences, so they
> shouldn't count.

> I've always thought that was a poor excuse, but I've also had my
> suspicions that getting chucked out of the country could be masking
> real crimes - if there's a gaigin charged with a string of offences,
> maybe just sticking him on the first plane back home is a more cost-
> and time-effective way of dealing with him.

Yep. I lived in Japan in "violation" of several visa offenses, but OTOH, 
everything I did was sanctioned by the people who issued visas. Had I crossed
any number of other lines, I could have been chucked in  the fashion you 
suggest.

Mike