Originally Posted by
jib71
The initial description of the service makes it sound unhelpful:
(1) On arrival
Advance to a position directly in front of the immigration officer. Place your passport in the reader. After it is confirmed that you are the registered person, you will provide your fingerprints and face photo. Then give your ED Card and passport to the immigration officer and after he checks, the gate will open and this concludes the procedure for arrivals inspection.
If this is correct, I'll give this service a pass...
Interesting, of course the version for Japanese folks seems to be more straightforward, without any immigration officer at all. Still, since I'm leaving on 11/21, I think I'll try it then and see how it works. OTOH, I do like getting all the Narita stamps now...