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From: Scott Reynolds <scottreyn@gmail.com>
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Al wrote:
> Scott Reynolds <scottreyn@gmail.com> wrote:
>> The law is quite clear on this point: the Minister
>> of Justice *may* revoke your Japanese citizenship
> 
> Perfectly clear - and methinks it matches the complex reality we live in
> rather well. :-)
> 
> And in the case of one Mr. Fujimori, even the newspapers report that he
> holds two citizenships, one of them allegedly Japanese - now we all
> "know" this can't be the case, right?

Mr. Fujimori was born before the law was changed. That is supposed to be 
the reason he can have two citizenships. The fact that he has lots of 
well-placed friends here in Japan has absolutely nothing to do with 
it.... (Ahem.)

> Cough... cough...

Bless you. ;-)

> Where was I? Ah, yes, following the logic of the law one might well end
> up thinking that whoever *may* revoke also *may* bestow.

One might even get the impression that everything is decided on a "case 
by case" basis, which is to say arbitrarily.

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Scott Reynolds                              scottreyn@gmail.com