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 ===== Re-entry =====
-If you want to leave Japan temporarily, you need a Re-Entry Permit or Special Re-Entry Permit. The former requires an application, the latter requires no application. Both have limits on use. Generally, for special re-entry, you need to come back within 1 year.
+If you want to leave Japan temporarily, you need a Re-Entry Permit or Special Re-Entry Permit. The former requires an application, the latter requires no application. Both have limits on use. Generally, for special re-entry, you need to come back within 1 year. The thing about "Special" re-entry that makes it special is that it's issued at the airport and doesn't require paperwork.
 After airport security, you need to take your passport and your Residence Card not to the automated passport gates, but instead to the tables where there are re-entry slips. Complete the special re-entry slip with the pertinent information. Take it and your documents to the staffed immigration desk. They will staple your special re-entry permit into your passport, and subsequently, they will stamp your passport.
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 To re-enter, and often, just to board a flight to Japan, you will be asked to present your Residence Card, Passport, and Special Re-Entry permit. Once you arrive back in Japan, follow signs for re-entry.
+Do note that the permits are intended to remain stapled in your passport. Immigration will stamp the back of them with a seal, so you can't just get a new one if you lose yours. Avoid losing yours. If this happens, you most likely need to talk to immigration when you get back, and/or the police.