Chime2017@mail.com comments

Japanese immigration and customs are the most thorough in the entire world. Customs checks everyone from their belonging to where you have been and where you plan to go. Even Australia and the United States do not check everyone to this detail. You’ve got to be a total idiot to try to smuggle anything into Japan, when it’s hard enough entering as a legitimate tourist having to explain that you don’t have an onward ticket because you plan to ferry over to Pusan from Shimonoseki, and you are going to search around for a low cost dorm room so you don’t know where you’re staying when you arrive to Japan. When legitimate tourists face hardship entering Japan without a clearly defined itenary, there isn’t any wiggle room for anyone to pull any fast ones like that.

Many overseas Japanese do not even read and write Japanese. I think dual nationality needs to conditional upon being able to pass a test that is akin to JLPTN1 test except that the ability to write has to be included making the test harder. You basically have to be able to function using Japanese only without resorting to English services and what not. This is very important.

I think the Japanese nationality law should be revised so that BOTH parents must be Japanese for the child to be a citizen. Children born abroad and children who naturalized as minors under their parent's wishes should be allowed to retain their Japanese citizenship ONLY if they can show that they can understand Japanese. No translation service should be provided, and all paperwork should be performed in Japanese only.