Hurray, I can now collect my new passport by post

 My new passport has arrived at the Consul General office in Osaka. I have been given a choice either to collect it from the CG's office or request them to send to my Japan home address by post. The latter was due to the high number of  Omicron infection in Japan.

I am glad the CG's office has allowed me to collect my passport via post. This is the only and one "gift" from the pandemic.