On Mon, 05 Jul 2004 19:09:19 -0500, "John W."
<worthj1970@yahoo.com> wrote:

>... about Japan that I honestly don't understand.
>
> From Mainichi:
>http://mdn.mainichi.co.jp/news/20040705p2a00m0dm012000c.html
>
>In short, there is a Thai girl's whose grandmother lives in Japan and is 
>married to a Japanese. The girl's parents died, so she went to live with 
>her grandmother. The Japanese government refuses to give her a visa 
>other than a temporary visitor one, even though the Japanese man has 
>adopted the girl.
>
>Just doesn't make sense; I'm hoping there's more to the case than meets 
>the eye.

Started to reply but got too angry to type. <<ARRRRGH!>>