I am a qualified English teach from the UK, and also an ex-JET, looking for teaching work throughout August and/or September. I lived in Mashikimachi, Kumamoto...
This is interesting. A little clip from Debito.org's website that he got from Brazilian MTV about the new Gaijin Cards they want to issue with the IC chips in...
Very interesting. However, I would recommend the government to switch to under-skin implant, it would be more efficient, as I can leave the card at home, in...
Thanks Omar! Thanks Emir! I've been meaning to re-introduce Debito's site in regard to this important issue. ... http://www.debito.org/?p=3143 I'm not 100%...
Hi all, This new gaijin card issue is really interesting and scary. Think you are penalised to pay 200.000 yen because you forgot your ID card at home when you...
Maybe I missed this but is there a particular reason why this is being done? Terrorism? Increase in crimes by foreigners? To screen out a particular group? On...
Thanks for sharing your experience, Murat! I am a Caucasian 50-year old male. Perhaps that's why I have not been stopped in the nearly 20 years I have been in...
Hi Kirk, Thanks for your comment. I do not prefer to make such classifications but yes I would say features of my appearance show higher correlations with...
Well, I can tell you that as a 40 year old Caucasian, I was stopped a couple of times last month by plain clothes police around Kumamoto University. So,...
Same here, 41 yo Caucasian, stopped several times recently, and other friends have been too. It is party bad luck depending on location too. They have their...
The Gaijin-cards seems to have thrown some life into the old Kumamoto-i. So far I would say there has been a bit of luck/bad-luck involved. I lived in Sweden...
... Could it hae ben a Swedish road safety campaign 'roon' aboot hogmanay? Maybe 'twas yer lack a' blond hair an' bonny blue eees, could it hae a' bin that ye...
Once checked by 5 undcover police out in front of Kumamoto Eki. Had an ice cream in one hand and my Japanese/American 2 year old son in the other.They gave me...
Hi all, Based on the experiences of my Caucasian look alike friends plus Frank and Michael, it seems Kirk's hypothesis on racial classification is not that...
Guess I'll throw my two-cents worth in as well. I like Mike's idea. In my opinion it's gotten so absurd that you might as well have some fun with it. I was...
Classifying people of Ethnic Origin.Its simply a sovereign nation trying protect its people. There are grounds for liberal discussion,in Japan Thank God .but ...
Interesting posts here. So what is the deal. The law has not yet been passed? There is an awful lot of interest in this issue. I agree that it is pretty severe...
are doing something,its no big secret the havens for the radicals is easy,foreign student visas are the easiest thing to get.A cell is easy to place anywhere. ...
Has anyone who has been stopped had their information written down? The last time I was stopped, the policeman said that they were keeping a journal of sorts...
Interesting discussion. I think about racial profiling as more of a national competency issue. If you live in a competitive capitalistic society, the less...
... On behalf of many I'm sure let me thank you for the public service you are rendering in raising the awareness of the insidious threat posed by foreign...
I would just like to point out that most Scots do not speak like they have just wandered off the set of Brigadoon, of have just finished checking the...
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J. D. Marland
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Jun 6, 2009 12:27 am
Hello Everyone, My wife and I are planning to visit Kumamoto from July 28th - August 3rd. Can anyone recommend a weekly mansion or guesthouse close to...
Dear friends, The point that one shouldn't jump to conclusions on the basis of a few, statistically insignificant incidents is well taken. I have other...
Dear friends, ... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kumamoto-i/message/9295 This was in response to Scott Boulier's practice of purging the Kumamoto-i archives of...
I would like to extend my apologies to Scott and the readers of the list. I attempted to search for one of Scott's messages because I was considering...
Hi Everyone, I just updated my homepage with the map to Crossroads International Bar. Click on the link below and you will see the map. Hope to see everyone...
