Oh my, cruise crazed...you were on the Regent Star??? We were on that ship, in Alaska, a week before this huge fire that almost sent the line into bancrupcy. Guess they waited for you!!

Under the circumstances, Arlene, I agree that it was a good thing to register your presence in Tokyo. Our experiences as expats in Saudi taught us, however, that help will come from the company that brought you over rather than the embassy.

Editing to add....hope you never ever need the help of the embassy (except maybe to get those extra passport pages! ;) ).