Speaking on the phone in Japanese?

[sore_de_ii_no]

Eek. It happened! I called the Ministry of Health! Reason? I wanted to know if I could bring a years worth fo medication into the country. Turns out that I need a form, which they have to fax to me (and my fax number, I don't know what it is!), and then I have to send (the completed form to them) through snail mail, and then they have to send my

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[zimbach]

All I know is it's just been made legal there in the past decade or less.

One phrase book I have says "piru" will suffice. Without identifying the specific "piru", as here, they'll assume you're talking about b.c.

You might need to be more precise whim filling out forms, though.