I'm pretty sure that you have to be a student in Japan, at a Japanese institution. When I was studying Japanese, I was on the student discount plan, and has no problem signing up. My Japanese friend however, that goes to Temple University (American Uni in Japan) had a hell of a time signing up. I think he finally got it done, but had to go to a few different shops. ChrisReceived on Mon Jul 14 08:22:03 2003