As I wrote in my article "Disclosure of All Political Organizations Failing to Submit Political Fund Balance Reports Online," I went to the post office and submitted the Administrative Text Disclosure Request Form to Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (formerly Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications).

I'm sure I'll be pointed out as incomplete and I'll have to resubmit several times -- that's less time (and often more) than it takes to create a completely accurate document.

I call this "pinging".

A pinger is a sound wave emitted by an active sonar used by a submarine to locate an enemy submarine or an offshore warship such as a destroyer.

In the network world, the command interface ">ping (e.g. IP address of the other machine)" is used to check the operation of the target machine.

In essence, it is communication that takes advantage of the nature of "when a message is thrown at you, you have no choice but to respond.

Well, I think we can all agree that it's a very annoying communication for the other side -- whether it's a submarine, a computer, or an administrative procedure.

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Well, abusive forms of "pinging" is stalking through phone calls, emails, and social networking sites, however I think

"Well, if I am stalking a government agency, it's our right -- as long as it's done properly."

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As far as I know, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism and the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare were kind enough to help me over the phone.

I had only asked a question to The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) in the comments section of the web once, but at that time, I was ignored.

Now, how will the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications respond?