We were down at the prefecture office today getting a passport for our son. I noticed the staff seem more friendly than the staff at Immigration, a few floors up. That said, the immigration staff has always been very nice and helpful. I always noticed though, they treat me differently than the Asians extending their student visas or getting spousal visas.
I was thinking about this when I looked at the other 9 children in the passport office. 8 of the 9 kids were obviously multiracial. Japan is changing and will continue to do so. I feel a bit lucky. It is probably much easier to be a father of a multiracial child in Japan today, then it was 20 years ago.
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