Tama-chan: Japanese Resident!?

[GuyJean]

Tama-chan to be Registered as Yokohama 'Resident'
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/newse/20030208wo61.htm

While the card is slightly larger than normal, the form is the same as for human residents.

Figures: A Korean born in Japan can't get residency, but a worthless fucking seal can.. Anyone up for some 'clubbing'?

GJ

[Big Booger]

That is pathetic.
BB

[cstaylor]

Sometimes you wonder why GHQ gave them constitutional freedoms in the first place, especially when they squander them in frivolous ways like this.

[Maciamo]

What yu seem to get wrong with the comparison to the Koreans is that this is a Japanese sealion. That word makes all the difference in a Japanese mind.

[Blah Pete]

Wait until they find out that seal is really Russian and someone from the Black Bus crew goes after it with a sword or something.

What's that seal dish called in eastern Canada? Flipper pie or Sea Wolf?

[Taro Toporific]

Tama-chan to be Registered as Yokohama 'Resident'

Figures: A Korean born in Japan can't get residency, but a worthless fucking seal can.. Anyone up for some 'clubbing'?

Hey, Tama-chan is getting screwed! Poor Tama-chan has got to pay Ward Taxes 'cause it has a "Family Registery" unlike all us fcked gaijin who don't have to pay since we don't "exist."

[Taro Toporific]

Tama-chan to be Registered as Yokohama 'Resident'
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/newse/20030208wo61.htm

While the card is slightly larger than normal, the form is the same as for human residents.

Figures: A Korean born in Japan can't get residency, but a worthless fucking seal can.. Anyone up for some 'clubbing'?

UPDATE in Thursday's Japan Times:

SEAL of APPROVALThe name on the registry card is "Tamao Nishi." The birth date on the card says "unknown" and the sex is "male."

The address is registered as the bank of the Katabira River and the location of its family registration is the Bering Sea.

Kindergarten pupils in the ward filed an application for serving as a "proxy" for the seal. The seal's former address is listed as "from Tama River to Tsurumi River."

[Taro Toporific]

Tama-chan to be Registered as Yokohama 'Resident'
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/newse/20030208wo61.htm
Figures: A Korean born in Japan can't get residency, but a worthless fucking seal can.. Anyone up for some 'clubbing'?

Here's a strange update...

Tama-chan gets 100000 yen donation to go home
Daily Yomiuri, 21 Feb 2003
A young girl's distress at seeing Tama-chan the seal alone and far from its companions has prompted the anonymous donation of 100,000 yen to fund the seal's return to the Bering Sea.

The money was sent to The Yomiuri Shimbun recently and was accompanied by a letter calling for a fund to be set up to save not only the seal, but the writers' daughter....

Every 10 days or so the seal can be seen basking in the sun in the Katabiragawa river in Yokohama, and the local people recently issued the seal with a certificate of residence.

An anonymous letter and another 100,000 yen was also sent to another publishing office in Tokyo.

The letter to The Yomiuri Shimbun read: "Why do (people) mercilessly leave an animal that must be grieving for its lost companions?"

DAMN-IT!
Give me certificate of residence and 200,000yen
for a vacation at my home with lost "companions" like this

[GuyJean]

I just saw the funniest thing on NHK news: About 10 foreigners dressed up like Tama-chan with fins on their hands, black whiskers painted on their faces and clothed in tight, black leotards sitting on the side of a river in Yokohama. They were next to a large sign asking if they 'could become residents, just like Tama-chan'...

If I find an online report somewhere I'll be back with a link, but that was hilarious! It's great they got some air time..

GJ

[bluepxl]

404?

[GuyJean]

Foreigners Seek Same Rights as Seal
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20030223a3.htm

The Law of the Basic Resident Registers excludes foreigners -- including those with permanent residency, such as many ethnic Koreans -- from residence registry. Instead, foreigners are required to carry a certificate of alien registration at all times under the terms of the Immigration Control Law.

"I thought Nishi Ward's action was interesting because a usually inflexible local government took such a step," one of the protesters said. "But then I had mixed emotions, given that I am not eligible for the ID even though I have been here for longer than he (Tama-chan) has."

WITH picture!

GJ

[Taro Toporific]

a worthless fucking seal can.. Anyone up for some 'clubbing'?

UPDATE!!
Foreigners call for residency status like seal Tama-chan
Sunday, February 23, 2003 at 07:00 JST
YOKOHAMA -- About 20 foreign residents in Japan staged a rally Saturday calling on authorities to provide registry certificates for non-Japanese nationals after the popular seal "Tama-chan," apparently from the Bering Sea, recently was issued a "residency certificate" from the city of Yokohama
The participants called themselves "the friends of Tama-chan," saying that as foreigners they feel a certain solidarity with the animal.
"Our message is that we can be cute, too, so can we also have a residency certificate," Gutteridge said.

[Taro Toporific]

Tama-chan to be Registered as Yokohama 'Resident'
Figures: A Korean born in Japan can't get residency, but a worthless fucking seal can.. Anyone up for some 'clubbing'?

Here's a grrreat picture of the FG Seal in Monday's Sankei News

[GuyJean]

Here's a grrreat picture of the FG Seal in Monday's Sankei News

I'm actually surprised they're getting this much press!..

Once again, Taro finds a gem..

GJ

[American Oyaji]

Umm,

I think I AM in my wifes family register. I saw my name in there.

[Taro Toporific]

Umm,
I think I AM in my wifes family register. I saw my name in there.

Yep, you're in her register in the "other remarks" column in the margin along with chattle, dangerous livestock, and the like.

[American Oyaji]

I believe it had my parents names in there too, just because they are my parents.

My date of birth was there also.

Perhaps because not only am I married to a Japanese spouse, but I am the father of Japanese children as well. (our kids)

[Taro Toporific]

I believe it [[the Japanese family register (juminhyo)]] had my parents names in there too, just because they are my parents.
My date of birth was there also.
Perhaps because not only am I married to a Japanese spouse, but I am the father of Japanese children as well. (our kids)

Ummm yes.

although Japanese law clearly states that "any person residing in Japan is a resident of Japan," and mandates that those people register as such, it also stipulates that "the names of foreign nationals may not appear on the juminhyo."
- - - Japan Times
"Living off the record" Jan. 20, 2002

Getting listed as a proper member on the the Japanese family register (juminhyo) has been a real problem for gaijin as in this: Report on Racial Discrimination within the Residents Registration Law---To enact a change in Clause 39 of the Resident Basic Register Law (Jumin Kihon Daicho Ho) to properly list non-Japanese spouses of Japanese citizens in the juminhyo (resident certificate).


Maybe you've been "adopted" by your wife and put on her juminhyo.

Seriously. Remember that little tiff your wife had when you got your spouse visa? Maybe, the Immigration guys were flummoxed by the fact that you were mistakenly entered on your wife's family registery as an "adopted" into her family tree.

Bottom Line: Who knows since everthing in quasi-lawless Japan is case-by-case?

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Additional references:

http://www.cfo.gov.ph/mais/japs.htmHANDBOOK FOR OVERSEAS FILIPINOS
A man and woman become legally married in Japan only upon the creation of a new family registry (koseki tohon). The couple has to submit a notification of marriage to the City Hall of the couple's place of residence to be able to have a new family registry. When Japanese marries, that person leaves his/her parent's family registry and sets up a new one.
When Japanese marries a foreigner, only the name of the Japanese goes in the family's registry. The foreign spouse is not entered in the register...

[quote]Believe it or not, foreigners resident in Japan are not actually "residents" (juumin) like Japanese are, for they do not have "Residency Certificates" (juuminhyou). Why? They do not have a Family Registry (koseki) like Japanese citizens do]

[American Oyaji]

I am definitely on the juminhyo. Because I had to go request a copy of it and i was translating it into English so I could send some documents to the Embassy.

My japanese has gotten rusty since I left so I have forgotten a lot of words that I didnt use in everyday speech.

It is quite possible that I was "adopted" into the family because my father in law never refers to me as his son in law. Only as his son. Whenever he introduced me to his friends at festivals, he always refers to me as "musko" and people look at me in surprise. And they do that "anooo" that they do when they are confused. And then he says that I married his daughter and then their cofusion ceased.

[Taro Toporific]

I am definitely on the juminhyo. ...
It is quite possible that I was "adopted" into the family because my father in law never refers to me as his son in law.... And then he says that I married his daughter and then their confusion ceased.

So ka. Adopted. That's why the ward office guys asked about your parent's names because you de-facto disowned them to join your wife's family.

Anyway, here's a Recipe for Crow for me to eat.
I checked today and discovered that Yokohama has me listed as family/children column even though out on the farm in Shikoku I was in the "remarks/others/chatel column." At the do-inaka town hall in Shikoku, everyone made jokes that I was the distinct's only large animal/horse registered since before the the War.

CROW GUMBO

4 Breast fillets
1 1/2 cups of margarine
1 cup of flour
1 bunch celery, chopped
3 cloves of garlic chopped
4 medium onions, chopped
1 bunch green onions, chopped
1 large bell pepper, chopped
4 cups of sliced okra
2 20oz. Cans tomatoes
1 15 oz. Can tomato paste
2 teaspoons MSG
1 teaspoon oregano
2 tablespoons salt
2 tablespoons parsley flakes
1 teaspoon thyme
1 tablespoon black pepper
1/4 teaspoon red pepper

Rinse crow breasts and pat dry. Cook in water to cover in large saucepan until tender. Drain, reserving 2 quarts broth. Melt margarine in skillet. Add flour. Cook until dark brown, stirring constantly. Stir into reserved brothin large saucepan. Cook until thickened, stirring constantly. Add crow, celery, garlic, onions, green pepper, okra, tomatoes, tomato paste, and seasonings. Cook over low heat for 2 hours or until desired consistency, stirring frequently. Served over hot cooked rice.

Yield: 10 servings

[Taro Toporific]

Tama-chan to be Registered as Yokohama 'Resident'
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/newse/20030208wo61.htm

While the card is slightly larger than normal, the form is the same as for human residents.

Figures: A Korean born in Japan can't get residency, but a worthless fucking seal can.. Anyone up for some 'clubbing'?

Now the time to harpoon the hog....

Tama-chan battles flab, sassy new rival(Japan Times / Apr 20)
...after putting on 30 kg in the past year. Tama-chan is now unable to use its fore flippers to climb onto the swim step of the pleasure boat Grace III, which is moored in Asaka, Saitama Prefecture. The seal has tried to board the boat over 100 times, to no avail....
"There is not much we can do. We must let it be," said Mitsuo Motohashi, 56, owner of the boat. ...
"We'd like to help Tama-chan get on ... But what can we do? The seal has become too big," Motohashi's wife, Fumiko, 57, said.

[Samurai_Jerk]

Saitama assemblyman apologizes for remark about number of registered dogs, foreigners

A 58-year-old official in the city of Kawaguchi, Saitama Prefecture, has pointed out that the city’s non-Japanese population is larger than the number of registered dogs. He later withdrew the remark after coming under criticism from other assembly members, according to local media reports.

Hiroaki Noguchi, a Liberal Democratic Party assemblyman, made the remark at an assembly session Wednesday when he was asking questions about the number of foreign residents who had failed to pay their taxes, the daily Yomiuri Shimbun reported.

After receiving complaints from some assembly members that his remark was inappropriate, Noguchi reportedly apologized, saying he only wanted to illustrate that the number of foreigners living in the city is on the rise. He said he did not mean to discriminate against them, but agreed that the remark was misleading.

[...]

According to the local daily Saitama Shimbun, Noguchi said Wednesday the number of foreign people in the city is increasing, pointing out that the number of dogs registered at the city is 26,000 while the number of foreign residents totals 27,000.

[Grumpy Gramps]

Can't be a good place to be with so few dogs, very sad

[Coligny]

Can't be a good place to be with so few dogs, very sad

I think Yokohama have more dogs (and in pram too) than -hooman- babies...

[Yokohammer]

Very illustrative. After-the-fact apologies sound so hollow in situations like this.

[Coligny]

Very illustrative. After-the-fact apologies sound so hollow in situations like this.

Come on. The guy is not racist, his dog is black...

[matsuki]

Very illustrative. After-the-fact apologies sound so hollow in situations like this.

"misleading"

Actually, it's very revealing...

[Russell]

Saitama assemblyman apologizes for remark about number of registered dogs, foreigners

A 58-year-old official in the city of Kawaguchi, Saitama Prefecture, has pointed out that the city’s non-Japanese population is larger than the number of registered dogs. He later withdrew the remark after coming under criticism from other assembly members, according to local media reports.

Hiroaki Noguchi, a Liberal Democratic Party assemblyman, made the remark at an assembly session Wednesday when he was asking questions about the number of foreign residents who had failed to pay their taxes, the daily Yomiuri Shimbun reported.

After receiving complaints from some assembly members that his remark was inappropriate, Noguchi reportedly apologized, saying he only wanted to illustrate that the number of foreigners living in the city is on the rise. He said he did not mean to discriminate against them, but agreed that the remark was misleading.

[...]

According to the local daily Saitama Shimbun, Noguchi said Wednesday the number of foreign people in the city is increasing, pointing out that the number of dogs registered at the city is 26,000 while the number of foreign residents totals 27,000.

I think we should let the guy off the hook. Obviously, he was just intrigued by the resemblance of the numbers.

In the same breath he would compare the number of rats in his constituency with the number of Japanese residents, now wouldn't he?!?

[matsuki]

noguchi[1].jpg

Considered inappropriate and discriminatory tone, the City Council requested that the phrase was deleted from the minutes of the meeting and record video.

I wonder if the video got out...

The episode was recorded on day 9. That was the phrase uttered by Noguchi: "At the end of September this year the number of dogs registered in the city reached 26,399. In the same period the alien registration was 27,028 people, more. "

In an interview to local newspapers, Noguchi said he was "sorry". The mayor, Kazunari Inagawa, said the sentence is discrimination to foreigners and is unacceptable.

Good on the Mayor.

[Takechanpoo]

city’s non-Japanese population is larger than the number of registered dogs.

he almost means its chinese.
http://area-info.jpn.org/to21010006110001.html
http://area-info.jpn.org/to21010006130001.html
actually the area from ikebukuro to warabi city or kawaguchi city of along Seibu railroad line is getting to be a new chinese turf.