Originally Posted by
Pickles
Also, did you meet the "prior entry" requirements? My guess is that if they thought you were just a "drive by" trying to collect one more trading card because you could (as opposed to somebody with a legitimate reason to enter and exit Japan regularly for business) they may turn you down.
I've already entered Japan twice by the time I applied. I was in Tokyo when I got the email that I was declined. As of today I've entered and left Japan twice. By the end of September, it'll be four times this year.