Fingerprinting foreigners

A new bill shall come into force on November 20. This new scheme is applicable to the foreigners to take a fingerprint and photograph whenever they immigrate into Japan.

Regarding to the letter, "Not so welcome to Japan any longer," written by Kevin Rafferty, the project was criticized for infringing on human rights, but it will take effect promoting by the Ministry of Justice.

The country, which carries out the policy, is only Japan next to the United States. Somehow, Japan tags along behind the U.S. However, all permanent residents are out of the target in the U.S, but in a case of Japan, only specific permanent residents are to exempt.

The foreigners insist that the fingerprinting analysis is a discriminatory. Besides, the Japanese are also revolt to this line that it should be originally demanded to only a criminal or suspect. The argument that backers of fingerprinting assert is to save the world from terrorists. However, it is simply to identify, not to establish the terrorist, so it is nothing, but useless.