Can I reset my stay in Japan by visiting another country?

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Yes, that should be fine. Your first trip to Japan is as a tourist, which is OK, and your second trip is as an unpaid intern staying under 90 days, which is also OK. Source: http://www.moj.go.jp/nyuukokukanri/kouhou/nyuukokukanri07_00109.html

You may be asked for a return ticket when checking in or when entering, but showing a ticket to Korea is fine for this, since they only care that you leave Japan, not that you return to the US.

Also, while doing the same trips in reverse (3 mo internship first, tourism later) is also technically OK, it's going to raise a lot more questions since that would look an awful lot like the "visa runs" of people illegally working in Japan.

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