pnksweater
Joined: 24 Mar 2005
Posts: 173
Location: Tokyo, Japan
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 Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2005 2:20 am Post subject: |
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| PAULH wrote: |
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Paul- you are required by law to carry your foreign registration card OR you passport at all times. So when your new card is being processed, you're supposed to haul your passport everywhere. This is the law, but don't expect the police to know it.
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Dont know if you know now, but in an effort to combat terrorism and root out rogue foreign terrorists, the govt here is passing a law that you have to produce your passport on demand if you want to check into a hotel. Tourists usually have their passport but this is being demanded or expected of foreign residents as well, or you risk being denied a room.
You are not required to show your gaijin card to anyone except police customs or the appropriate authorities. You dont even have to show it to a video store clerk.
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Yeah, yet another reason why I feel unwelcome here. Just the gaijin card check thing is enough to raise my hackles. My parents will be visiting this winter and traveling about Japan. I'm sure as heck not going to tote my gaijin card AND my passport across half this country. |
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