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Article #220Re: How to survive in Japan [English]
From: Claude Huss
Date: Tue, 08 Sep 1992 03:45
Date: Tue, 08 Sep 1992 03:45
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Sumio> |> Remember, at the immigration desks in Narita Airport, the indications
Sumio> |> were 'Japanese' and 'Alien' (recently, changed into another word).
Sumio> |
Sumio> |Really?
Sumio> |It's only mean the officials to order that indications did not know
Sumio> |English. :-)
Sumio> |
In fact, it's not wrong to write Alien in English refering to foreigners.
Alien is a "legal" and "official" term to refer to foreigners, usually.
However, I would like to change it to something like:"Japanese and
residents" and "foreigner passports". (I was surprised, but in fact
the "japanese" side WAS NOT only to japanese, but for foreigners having
a re-entry visa too!! )
ciao,
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!sun-barr!sh.wide!wnoc-kyo!icspub!oskgate0.mei!chorus.mei!saturn.mew!srl!claude From: claude@trc.mew.mei.co.jp (Claude Huss) Newsgroups: fj.misc Subject: Re: How to survive in Japan [English] Message-ID: <CLAUDE.92Sep8124500@tokyo.trc.mew.mei.co.jp> Date: 8 Sep 92 03:45:00 GMT References: <INAGAKI.92Sep3121324@aclab1.resrch.anritsu.co.jp> <ARAKI.92Sep4182246@u33.sfc.keio.ac.jp> <4487@earth.chigaku.souka.osakafu-u.ac.jp> <ARAKI.92Sep7123401@cs1.sfc.keio.ac.jp> Sender: usenet@srl.mew.mei.co.jp (USENet News Admin) Distribution: fj Organization: Matsushita Electric Works Ltd., Tokyo, Japan. Lines: 28 In-Reply-To: araki@sfc.keio.ac.jp's message of 7 Sep 92 03:34:01 GMT