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2004-12-08 China-Japan-Koreas

U.S. Deserter Wants Japanese Citizenship

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Posted by Fred 2004-12-08 1:12:28 PM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Let 'em keep the bastard.

Posted by BigEd 2004-12-08 1:44:15 PM|| 2004-12-08 1:44:15 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Japanese citizenship...ha! The Japanese don't let anyone naturalize. It disturbs the "wa", don't you understand. You can live there 40 years and still be an outsider.

Still, if anyone has a chance, it's Jenkins. I don't know how the Japanese feel about making him one of their own, though. They might feel he's better off as an American.

Posted by gromky 2004-12-08 7:25:20 PM|| 2004-12-08 7:25:20 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Actually, you can become a naturalized Japanese citizen. It is most commonly done by Koreans (some but not all have been there for generations, anyway), Chinese, etc, but there are those from Western countries who do so: Konishiki and Akebono to name some prominent former Americans that I can recall.

Finally, there was a Finnish guy who not only naturalized, but got elected to local office (this was in the mid to late 90s; not sure if he is still in office)

Posted by Carl in N.H. 2004-12-08 11:52:01 PM|| 2004-12-08 11:52:01 PM|| Front Page Top

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