Person H, Country of Origin: Canada
"Unless the driving centre starts playing fair and actually passing us without the 4 obligatory tries, our offices start granting us some leave for this, and Japan starts owing up to its agreements, I think we will see a turn towards leaving after the first year in the inaka."
Person I, Country of Origin: North America
"I think this is a big issue as it may hurt JET retention rates in rural communities like mine (a place where it seems MEXT is proud to have them). Without my car, life would be very, very dull."
Addendum: As of February 1st 2003, citizens of Canada will no longer have to undertake written or practical driving exams in order to obtain their Japanese license, effectively bringing them under the same circumstances as drivers from Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. Let's hope that this new change in the law will eventually broaden to include all nationalities.