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Identity Check

By Michelle | October 27, 2007

Japan recently announced that it will fingerprint and photograph all foreigners entering its borders. Another response to the “global war on terrorism”? Well, who knows–except that Japan is one of safest and yet most paranoid nations… This doesn’t, of course, mean that it’s immune from crime and terrorist attacks, but it’s not (I would say) one of the world’s hotbeds for bad things. And am I right in thinking that this rule won’t apply for people just connecting to other flights through Narita Airport (TYO)? Because Tokyo is one of the major air gateways to Asia…. I did a quick scan of Japanese news sites but didn’t see anything items on this regulation. (what section would it be under anyway? “Government,” “society,” “living”…?)

Anyhow, here’s the MOFA document on the new immigration procedures. At least it looks as though everything will be electronic. But the Japanese government doesn’t have the greatest record when it comes to information security…. See for example:

Oh, and for those of you studying Japanese, here are a few vocab words related to the AEGIS incident that you might find interesting:

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