FCS 062 New Hanko

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[b]

That's a good way to end up in a world of legal troubles.

[Busy]

What? The hanko should also have Karl's last name as well, in addition to his first.

A proper hanko is hand carved so each is unique, and is used in Japan in place of a signature in legal documents and financial transactions. Forensic analysis can easily prove if a hanko stamp is authentic or not.

Hopefully Tanuki also gets a hanko. Everyone needs 2 or 3 hanko's in Japan. (One registered with the ward office for contracts like apartment leases, one registered with your bank, and optionally a cheap one for minor stuff.)

I'm looking forward to when Karl visits the ward office and gets his gaikokujin torokusho (Alien Registration Card) that he must always carry with him all of the time. He can register his hanko at the same time.

[Ian]

If only signing papers in the U.S. was this easy. (And this easy to screw up.)

[Comic Chef]

My wife and I thought it would be funny to only have Karl's first name on his Hanko. You never see that in Japan! Also, we don't even know Karl's last name so it all makes perfect, backwards sense!

["J"]

The live, talking Tanuki statue is easy to swallow...
A hanko w/ only your first name on it?

Now that's a bit much. Even for a comic strip... ;)

[Khalid (Comic Chef)]

LOL @ J! How dare I bend reality with that Hanko! :)

[Fenrig]

Why is a first-name-only hanko so hard to swallow?
My own hanko only has my first name on it and it gets me through every legal procedure it's intended for just fine.

Very enjoyable comic BTW!

[Resurii]

When I was a JET many years ago, I was told that as a woman, I might want to get a hanko with my first name on it, instead of my last, so that when I got married and changed my name, I wouldn't need to get a new hanko made. I still opted for a last-name hanko. :)

[Pat]

I think that Karl would have stamped everything if he stamped the girl's forehead.

[The Radish King]

As someone living as an English Language Friend, this brought back so many memories. I was encouraged to practice using my hanko (first name only) and went completely stamp-happy. I wasn't quite as enthusiastic as Karl, though. Love this comic! The art is so dynamic!

[Pat]

Did anyone stamp anyone else with their Hanko?!?!?!?

[Gaijinmonogatari]

Inkan (hanko) for foreigners don't have to use the last name, they just need to be unique. My last four inkan had my first name engraved on them. It's not like anyone else in my general area would be able to use them, after all.

Oh, and they really are fun to stamp with. All my personal kiddie books at school have my stamp on them now. I also use it to stamp random artwork in my sketchbook sometimes.

[Steam]

"The hanko should also have Karl's last name as well, in addition to his first."

Nope. My official and day to day hanko do not have my first and last name and there is no requirement for them to to have it. The standard is to use the last name only for day to day and for official it can be either last name only or full name.

[Tofu]

I meant to pick up a cheap Hanko when I was there but completely forgot. Easy to do considering how much cool stuff there is to find! Planning to bring a tech friend of mine to JP next time and unleash him in Akihabara. The nerdgasms!

[Galane]

Hanko is also the name of a city of around 9.5 thousand people on a small peninsula (also named Hanko) at the south end of Finland.

Strange place, Earth...

[Gaijinmonogatari]

It's also the name of a mountain near my girlfriend's neighborhood (Hanko-yama)

[mobiuszero]

hahaha, happy with his new toy =)

[dejah]

Another first-name-hanko person here. It's probably a reaction to a fear response that officials have regarding the legality of foreign middle names. When I fill out an official form, I have to put all three of my names, EXACTLY as they are on my gaijin card... even if there's not enough room for them on the paper. (Which leads to a lot of hassle, but anyway.) There's no way all three names would fit on my hanko, so they've settled on this solution. Logical? Not entirely, but it works.