tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9959776.post3609727448329535938..comments2024-02-15T04:42:41.606+00:00Comments on James' Empty Blog: That new Japanese tourism promotion in fullJames Annanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04318741813895533700noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9959776.post-67224941174645453042007-11-18T22:27:00.000+00:002007-11-18T22:27:00.000+00:00On the face of it this isn't any different from th...<I>On the face of it this isn't any different from the USA and UK</I><BR/><BR/>Actually there is one major difference which is causing quite a lot of upset. This Japanese policy applies to people who already have long-term visas and even permanent residents. So mixed-nationality families are going to be split up at the border, with one parent having to go and queue up elsewhere for photographs, fingerprints and an immigration interview asking them why they want to go home...<BR/><BR/>[I don't think it is reasonable any more to hold up the USA and UK as examples of how civilised countries should behave. But as an EU citizen I have not been inconvenienced travelling to/from the UK]James Annanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04318741813895533700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9959776.post-24178886247970015202007-11-18T21:42:00.000+00:002007-11-18T21:42:00.000+00:00On the face of it this isn't any different from th...On the face of it this isn't any different from the USA and UK. So why should Japan do anything different in the fight against the hordes of evildoers who wish to rob us of our freedooms, such as being able to travel without having to tell anyone why?<BR/><BR/>More seriously, have you noticed anything different in the UK when you have visited in the past few years?guthriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17992984293423290387noreply@blogger.com