[jasonbvr]

What about this, in Cello's situation I have the impression that she is an American born Japanese. How does the process of obtaining citzenship differ for her case from that of someone of non-Japanese heritage? Does she still have to have lived in Japan for five to ten years?

The reason I ask is that I know for Koreans born outside of Korea, the process for obtaining a work visa is made much easier and I believe that they have a special set of rules for them to obtain permanent residency or citzenship.

I am not really interested in the specifics, but just wondered if anyone had some general knowledge they could share.