• Turning Japanese: Henry Moreland Seals with his wife, Sasha, daughters and mother-in-law. Seals has given up his American citizenship so he can take a greater role in civic life in Japan | COURTESY OF HENRY MORELAND SEALS
    Turning Japanese: Henry Moreland Seals with his wife, Sasha, daughters and mother-in-law. Seals has given up his American citizenship so he can take a greater role in civic life in Japan | COURTESY OF HENRY MORELAND SEALS
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I’ve been in Japan long enough to ponder proper expatriation. Still can’t answer definitively why I don’t just take the plunge, though.

It wouldn’t have anything to do with nationalism or patriotism, that much I know. The fact that the Japanese passport has recently been hailed as the best to have in the world would be more of a factor than any allegiance I might feel to my former homeland.

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