Man evades immigration check at Osaka port, enters country

Wednesday 13th August, 06:25 AM JST

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buggerlugs at 09:04 AM JST - 13th August

shouldn't the word "loophole" be changed to "gapping hole in security"? I am sathere watching the news report of terror and how Japanese should bescared too... with security like this I am scared!! Does the govenment offer Tax reimbursments because their stupid waste of tax payers money...
Fredster at 09:22 AM JST - 13th August

with security like this I am scared!!

Don't be ridiculous..

Go live in the US or Europe - the borders controls are so transparent that you'd have a heart attack from fear before even leaving the house...

There are thousands of illegal aliens flooding into the US EVERYDAY sans border checks and scrutinization...

Japan and those of us actually living here have nothing to worry about by comparison...
Beelzebub at 09:36 AM JST - 13th August

No, no, he was just the delivery boy from Dominos. You can call off the search now guys.
hereandthere at 10:18 AM JST - 13th August

oh my God!! round up all foreigners!!

/s
bushlover at 10:44 AM JST - 13th August

security? [through a cargo gate without undergoing an immigration check after arriving at an international ferry port in Osaka]. It was a cargo gate!! not lax security. It was probably an unintentional slip as opposed to a malicious attempt to get into japan illegally. But of course we don't know how they know this. We can only assume it's because the man came back to the ship.
serindipity at 11:26 AM JST - 13th August

Japan would be one of the easiest countries in the world to 'slip into'. When they introduced the fingerprinting and heightened security checks they also openly advertised which ports of entry did not have the security. Obviously, this is one of them. How many more illegals have slipped into Japan through this so-called loophole?
Harry_Gatto at 11:36 AM JST - 13th August

But what is the full story? Was he caught or was he just seen passing through the gate?
seansezso at 11:59 AM JST - 13th August

But what is the full story? Was he caught or was he just seen passing through the gate?

And why are we hearing about it two months later?
tkoind2 at 03:04 PM JST - 13th August

This is the one they found out about. Wonder how many others go in?
roasis at 03:47 PM JST - 13th August

Infact this 'loopwhole' has been there for years & They are unaware of its size. There are dozens of foreigners who made there way into Japan through this famous loopwhole.
williamsmith at 04:01 PM JST - 13th August

I think that "a loophole in tight security" is a paradox.
nandakandamanda at 05:32 PM JST - 13th August

Revealing a loophole in (otherwise/seemingly) tight security ... ... ...
Stonecoldsoba at 11:22 PM JST - 14th August

Hotginger:

It's not a paradox, it's a tautology.

No. Oxymoron.

Soba
ElectricJapan at 10:42 AM JST - 17th August

There is somebody new in Japan.
TheguyNextdoor at 01:14 PM JST - 18th August

hey, he might be posting on this string now.....you never know.