Originally Posted by
benzemalyonnais
This is completely not what my friend told me - something along the lines of there being many illegal Chinese living in Japan so they require you to have a lot of money.....
Your friend is correct however they changed the guidelines a few years ago.
I have quite a few friends who use this no visa necessary to maintain two passports. They leave China using their Chinese passports, enter Japan with their Chinese passports, leave Japan using their Canadian passport, enter Canada with their Canadian passport.
This way, they can maintain both passports.