Friday, September 28, 2007
Visitors to Japan will be fingerprinted, photographed
The China Post - Visitors entering Japan will be required to have their fingerprints and photos taken beginning Nov. 20 as part of a comprehensive program designed to prevent terrorist activity and safeguard travelers' safety, the Japanese Ministry of Justice announced yesterday in the presence of media and travel agency executives in Taiwan. Full Story
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I'm a Permanent Resident of Japan, from the UK and have lived here since 1994. Japan has never been attacked by foreign terrorists and if such attack is likely it will happen overseas. Japan has been attacked by home grown terrorists. The introduction of fingerprinting is against the Japanese Constitution which affords protection to all peoples who are in Japan and not just Japanese nationals.
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