Hello,
In this post I plan to go over some of the requirements for travel and also my thoughts and impressions of them.
Visa:
I was traveling with my family to visit my wife's mother. Normally US citizens can take advantage of the Visa Waiver agreement between the US and Japan for visiting...
Today, my wife and I have finally received our second shot of Moderna vaccines. After the first jab, we both suffered severe pain in our arms that lasted for several days. Many of our family, friends and acquaintances reported more serious side effects after their second shot: fever (in one case...
The other day I received the $1,200 economic impact (covid) payment check from the US. But every bank I've gone to here in Okinawa says I can't cash it or deposit it because the check's from abroad.
They'll accept foreign wire transfers, but that's no help in this case.
Anybody else run...
It looks like non-Japanese residents in Japan will be eligible for this one-off payout of 100,000 yen, so thought it would be worth starting a thread to provide information on eligibility and how to apply. Nothing has been finalised yet, but a foreign student in Japan asked me on Facebook if...
I thought it would be useful to have one thread dedicated to the COVID-19 situation in Japan. With the number of infections increasing the government still believes that the current status does not warrant a general lockdown. Social distancing measures, too, haven't really taken hold yet. As I...
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