Comments on: Prepare to Be Fingerprinted, Foreigners!

By: American

American — Tue, 04 May 2010 23:37:26 +0000

We have a similar policy in America called the visit program. In America, foreigners are not just fingerprinted but also a picture is taken of them and sent to Homeland Security, it really is not a big deal and it just takes a couple of minutes to do.

By: ROK Drop Sunday Linklets - 09SEP07 at ROK Drop

ROK Drop Sunday Linklets - 09SEP07 at ROK Drop — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 00:38:28 +0000

[...] Japan- An interesting look at Japanese as well as Korean aircraft carrier programs.- Here is a survey that lists the Top Ten men and women in Japan that bring the most pride to the nation internationally. It seems people in Japan are confused with who is well known outside of Japan. I can’t believe Akira Kurosawa is listed only as 10th. – Here are some nice pics from Fukuoka.- Beginning November 1st all foreigners visiting Japan will be fingerprinted. – Combating global warming with Big Macs?- Only in Japan would someone get eels drunk in order to pray for rain.- This is not Japan related but it is from a Japanese blog and is the funniest harmless prank I have seen in quite some time. [...]

By: the overthinker

the overthinker — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 00:35:04 +0000

Because of the strong implication that we *are* going to commit crimes. After all, why take our prints if you don’t think you’ll need them?

By: GI Korea

GI Korea — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 23:47:16 +0000

If you are not going to Japan to commit crimes why should you care if your fingerprints are taken?

By: Eloy

Eloy — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 03:22:38 +0000

This video has been out for a while.

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‏היתוך קר למפגרים » תנו להם את כל היד‏ — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 11:14:38 +0000

[...] מתכננים נסיעה ליפן בקרוב? זה הזמן להיערך לקראת הרישום הביומטרי של תיירים-טרוריסטים בביקורת הגבולות! [...]

By: Sean Dempsey

Sean Dempsey — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 02:14:06 +0000

If you`re that worried, you can always file away your fingerprints using 220 grit sandpaper. It feels a little weird, but it works.

By: D-san

D-san — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 00:23:05 +0000

This just comes from Xenophobic people in Japan who hold enough influence to sway the gov’t. into doing something to show that they seem to have the same ridiculous mindset.

By: Turner

Turner — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 05:16:52 +0000

Stef, pass me your contact info if you could – I want to hear from the first foreigners to go through the process.

realtome05@yahoo.com

By: the overthinker

the overthinker — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 13:55:10 +0000

While this is largely a tit-for-tat response to the asinine American rule about fingerprints and photos, it’s puzzling that foreigners with valid re-entry permits are required to be fingerprinted. Since they have, after all, already been given permission from the GOJ to be in Japan – and presumably the process to get a visa would weed out more terrorists than just fingerprinting tourists….

Or is this just a way for the totalitarian Ministry of Injustice to get gaijin fingerprints again after they were forced by Zainichi efforts to finally stop?

By: 羽之助

羽之助 — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 12:50:20 +0000

Because we all know that terrorists will turn back at the customs gate as soon as they realise they will be fingerprinted!

By: Stef

Stef — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 10:25:32 +0000

I’ll be landing in japan on the 1st of Nov at 7 in the morn. I’ll be one of the first guinea pigs to be targeted by this new fingerprint and photo recording scheme.

Sounds like fun…

Wonder how long this kind of policy will last this time around.

By: sod

sod — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 10:14:48 +0000

the worrying bit is not the checking of your identity its what they are going to use the data for when they keep it!

By: Jackdaw

Jackdaw — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 05:49:51 +0000

Nice to see that “national policy” in Japan can still be a source of great humor and entertainment for the rest of the “civilized world”!

Keep it up Japan – we all love a good laugh!