Comment Re: Useful? (Score 3, Informative) 23
Tell that to all the salarymen who buy privacy screen covers so that other people elbowing their ribs on the train every morning can't see their porn preferences.
That's life in Japan.
Also Japan doesn't provide any real path to permanent residence.
Not true, it's much easier to get temporary and permanent residence in Japan than in the US.
What you're thinking is citizenship, not permanent residence.
Adapt. Enjoy. Survive.