Kushiro gives sea otter special residency status

Thursday 30th April, 04:15 AM JST

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gogogo at 10:44 AM JST - 30th April

God I hate this, same crap as Tama-chan, foreigners have to sell their souls to get special residency status... This is the side of Japan I hate, the main problem is that the officials in charge of this can't even see their is a problem.
Patrick Smash at 11:18 AM JST - 30th April

gogogo,

Yeah, I hate this side of Japan too. The Japanese basically detest foreigners and like sea-otters though, so to them there is no problem.
jonnyboy at 11:22 AM JST - 30th April

animals are great. none of the complications that go hand in hand with human relationships. robots are also great for the same reason
space_monkey at 12:12 PM JST - 30th April

Stamped with the governments Seal of approval I bet. Although I am sure that it has no right to vote and must carry the ID card with it at all times or face being whiskered away. When it finally applies for unemployment assistance maybe they will offer it 300,000 yen and ask it to splash off and never return. Get Otter it people, Kushiro is a dive anyway.
Sidwarwick at 12:27 PM JST - 30th April

On the otterhand, giving out residency cards to animals is one way of boosting the population.
soldave at 12:47 PM JST - 30th April

If only it were that simple for peopke.
jonnyboy at 01:14 PM JST - 30th April

ku-chan's residency was fast tracked due to him being married to a japanese otter, and having some lucrative business interests
nigelboy at 01:31 PM JST - 30th April

Ku-Chan>Whiny expats who complain anything and everything about Japan.

After so many years of posting this site, I tend to agree.

Now. Just wait until a certain activist up North starts whining about this on his infamous blog.
Proffesor at 01:55 PM JST - 30th April

Did it come in legally by the way?
nandakandamanda at 02:06 PM JST - 30th April

Heard a rumor/rumour that it's a North Korean intelligence-gathering mini sub with realistic otter-like movements.
satsuma86 at 04:07 PM JST - 30th April

Wait until Kushiro finds out that Ku-chan is actually names Vladimir, and he has Russian citizenship.
polarmalik at 08:48 PM JST - 30th April

What a kind and wonderful gesture - Congratulations to Mayor Hiroya Ebina and the citizens of this great city of Kushiro, Hokkaida for adding the sea Otter to the list of their citizens. Amazingly, the celebrity, Ku-chan made an appearance during the ceremony speech by the Mayor. It seems as if Ku-chan was saying thank you to the Mayor and fellow citizens of his home city Kushiro, Hokkaida. The Japanese are a Great People.
OnTheRecord at 08:57 PM JST - 30th April

Great post Sarge. Well thought out, and concise as ever. Well done buddy.
Sarge at 05:02 AM JST - 1st May

"If only it were that simple for people"

Seems to me to be very unfair for Ku-chan to get special residency when some hard-working people can't.
nigelboy at 11:23 AM JST - 5th May

http://www.debito.org/?p=3154

As predicted.