Thank ya. Don't know yet about the registered mail - you would think something could be done, but Japanese bureaucracy scares the pants off of me. Still, I'm going to keep fighting because that's over a month of disposable income for me. Electronic transfers cost about 8-10x as much as postal money orders, which is why I'd stuck with the latter until now, but given their screwups, I'd say the former's looking better with each passing minute.

Wordtank is probably just gone for good, alas. I'll give the airport a call in another few days, but I don't have my hopes up.