Will I be questioned at Japan immigration for entering many times?
Jun 14, 2015, 4:36 am
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Will I be questioned at Japan immigration for entering many times?
My first entry was May 2014 and my second entry was January 2015. I am going again September 2015 and all my previous entries have been in the same airport (HND) as well as the one coming up. I'm just wondering if they might question me 
My passport also only has the Japan visas.
My passport also only has the Japan visas.
Last edited by satannik; Jun 14, 2015 at 4:37 am Reason: added info
Jun 14, 2015, 11:05 am
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I can't specifically address Japan but we have a much longer string with China, for some years on about a 6 month cycle. No questions. (We did however mark the arrival card that we were visiting family and we always put down a residential address, not a hotel as where we were staying. That might have kept them from asking questions they otherwise would have.)
Jun 15, 2015, 5:20 pm
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Jun 17, 2015, 3:20 am
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Japan will question you if you look East Asian enough to try to blend in and can speak Japanese.
I had a few hotels looking at me oddly when checking my passport and they question why I have a Western name and USA passport.......when they mistook me for half-Japanese or partial East or Southeast Asian descent.
I guess some Japanese do not understand that not other countries require for you to change the pronounciation of your name to "japanize" it when acquiring citizenship.
I had a few hotels looking at me oddly when checking my passport and they question why I have a Western name and USA passport.......when they mistook me for half-Japanese or partial East or Southeast Asian descent.
I guess some Japanese do not understand that not other countries require for you to change the pronounciation of your name to "japanize" it when acquiring citizenship.
Last edited by FateSucks; Jun 17, 2015 at 3:26 am
Jul 2, 2015, 9:22 am
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I once entered Japan 3x within a week - I got a curios glance from the Customs guy (not Immigration) and a question, for which "on business" was a satisfactory answer.
But 3x in 2,5 years?? How would it occur to the OP that it is "many times"?
But 3x in 2,5 years?? How would it occur to the OP that it is "many times"?
Jul 3, 2015, 3:43 am
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Jul 5, 2015, 10:46 am
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