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Printable Tract Against Fingerprinting System

Re-entry Japan, the blog dedicated to protesting Japan’s new immigration system, has created a 1-page tract explaining some of the positions against fingerprinting foreigners:

The tract, which is written in Japanese, French, and English, can be downloaded from their site. They encourage visitors to print it out and have included suggestions on how to distribute it. (Link updated on November 29, 2007 to reflect a newer version of the sheet)

33 comments - What do you think? Posted by James - November 27, 2007 at 2:20 pm

Categories: Discrimination, Foreigners in Japan Tags: gaijin, japan

http://whatjapanthinks.com Ken Y-N

No foreign terrorists ever in Japan? Tell that to the Yokotas or the Sogos, etc.

The Overthinker

The Norks who kidnapped the Japanese were not terrorists. The reason they were not terrorists was because their abductions were done in secret, without the psychological aspect of instilling fear in the populace. They were criminals, because of course kidnapping is a crime, but not terrorists.

And if you want to keep tabs on the Norks, you need to start keeping tabs on the Nork Zainichi….

Isa

The abduction is terrorism now because it’s not secret anymore.

http://reentryjapan.blogspot.com/ Thomas

In November 2004, a United Nations Security Council report described terrorism as any act “intended to cause death or serious bodily harm to civilians or non-combatants with the purpose of intimidating a population or compelling a government or an international organization to do or abstain from doing any act.”

http://www.japanprobe.com James

I guess it could be reasonably argued under a loose definition of terrorism that those were acts of terrorism, but if the Japanese government wanted to go after those who aid the terrorism-supporting North Korean regime, they might as well expand the fingerprinting to include Zainichi Koreans who are members of the North Korea-affiliated resident’s association.

[Frankly, the whole idea of allowing North Korean residents in Japan or even North Korean schools baffles me.]

http://www.japanprobe.com James

(Looks like Overthinker beat me to the punch)

ponta

“(Looks like Overthinker beat me to the punch)”
Not really. As of now, the U.S. government ‘still’supports your opinion.

http://liveanddie.client.jp/html/country_reports_on_terrorism070430.html
The U.S. list the abduction as a reason for North Korean as a State Sponsors of Terrorism.
ponta

“(Looks like Overthinker beat me to the punch)”
Not really. As of now, the U.S. government ‘still’supports your opinion.

liveanddie.client.jp/html/country_reports_on_terrorism070430.html
The U.S. lists the abduction as a reason for North Korean being a State Sponsors of Terrorism.
The Overthinker

Well, I’m not sure we should let the US State Department define terrorism….

Isa

Shin Gwan Soo
http://www.keepingpaceinjapan.com Turner

This is close to what I was looking for back in August:

http://www.keepingpaceinjapan.com/2007/08/call-to-arms.html
Isa

Who’s running Re-entry Japan blog?
The blog navigates to paypal.

http://www.japanprobe.com James

Where does it navigate to paypal? If they’re tying to make money from this site, they don’t do a very good job of making their donation button visible.

http://reentryjapan.blogspot.com/ Thomas

I’m one of the administrators of this blog.

Could you tell me where does it navigate to paypal ??

We are not asking for money, there’s no google ad on our blog, and if you want to contribute to ReentryJapan, for free, please contact me.

http://www.keepingpaceinjapan.com Turner

I think there are five authors.
Girl in Japan

Seriously, come on, you are avoiding the big issue. I could care less about having myself fingerprinted when I reenter Japan. The only objection that I have is that it is not done to japanese people as well as foreign-born people. Japanese people are just as likely to commit a crime againt another, and much more likely to commit a crime in general (considering that suicide is a crime against oneself and society).
Tr

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071127/ap_on_sc/rat_island

That’s what’s going to happen to Japan if Japan decide to let people in aimlessly.

Every country has a right to protect its own place.

I have to admit that the above print out is a keeper. This is like reading one of them documents that they used to print and put up on signs over on Ellis Island in NYC for the influx of losers/escapees from Europe.

hoihoi

I think it is better to lnk this.

http://nofj16.googlepages.com/home
The Overthinker

Japan never did let people in aimlessly. It had a very strict screening process, even before this fingerprinting thing, unlike many countries where I have not even got a passport stamp (a quick flip and that’s it: never in Japan, even with a valid visa and re-entry permit).

http://www.victorymanual.com Alex

What a bunch of propaganda!

Since when do foreign residents have the same rights as citizens who have pledged their allegiance to the country? If war broke out, would the foreign residents accept recruitment into the Japanese army to fight to the death for the country? That’s what taking a pledge means.

Naturalized citizens who are subjected to discrimination, now that’s a whole different story. These are individuals who have pledged their allegiance to Japan, and have given up their citizenship to their former residence. They deserve the same rights as Japanese citizens. But not foreign residents. (and I’m saying this having been a foreign resident of two countries, with a daughter who has dual citizenship)

The Overthinker

First, do tell us when exactly Japanese take a pledge to fight for their country. In fact polls often show them least prepared to join the army and die for their country.

And for the nth time, this isn’t about not having the same rights as Japanese. I don’t see a lot of posts about not being able to vote, or become firemen. This is about a right that was previously granted being taken away on flimsy grounds.

http://whatjapanthinks.com Ken Y-N

Rights cannot be granted; easy passage into Japan is/was merely a privilege.

The Overthinker

Please clarify the difference between right and privilege.
ponta

According to one school of legal theory(in my understanding, correct me if I am wrong)
If you have the privilege to do X, you have no duty to do X or not to do X.
If you you have the right to do X, the correlative party has the duty to have you do X (and you have the privilege to do X)

ponta

If they are going to protest, it might be better to list the U.S. and England as a target too.
Aren’t they protesting all the system including the U.S and England? And it will be easier for some Japanese visiting these countries to support this.　And it will give the impression that they are not against Japan, but the system.
As for joining the army, yes, it is Japanese citizens who join the army.
As for the right, let’s face it, a foreigners are subject to different treatment:they can not vote for the diet, they can not become police officers. They are not required to resister in Japanese family registry. Surely this system is debatable, but the reason against it is not supposed to be the theory that a foreigner has the same right in Japan as Japanese;for a point of the disputes is whether foreign residents in Japan should be treated equally as Japanese citizen in this regard regardless of the fact that they don’t naturalize or they are not Japanese. (In this respect, as some pointed out, it is illogical of JG that they exempt Zanichi Koreans.)Debito-san just will just go through Japanese line.

And Japanese version should be checked by a translator.
I find 無条件に施行 odd, but I don’t come up with the right word.
自分の領域 should be,for instance, 自分の家
sho

“who have pledged their allegiance to the country?” Sorry to remind you but many Americans have died defending this country’s interest. You didn’t see the Japanese armed forces doing anythng in the past 30 years to protest their energy interest in the Middle east have you? Off the coast off Russsia, China, Taiwan and North Korea? People die guarding a nation. Many of us have defended this countries interest and it is disturbing. What did we do it for? So I can be treated like a terrorist?

The Overthinker

“You didn’t see the Japanese armed forces doing anything in the past 30 years to protest their energy interest in the Middle east have you?”

I always find it ironic how some Americans love to get upset at the fact that Japan has such restrictions on the use of its military forces, restrictions that were put in place by the US to begin with….

And those of you who actually did die defending Japan – or are willing to die – are allowed in: Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) personnel are exempt under
SOFA Article 9 (2) from the new biometrics entry requirements.

http://beautifuljapan.org/ John

What makes you think that a permanent resident of Japan would be unwilling to fight against someone attacking the country? “Oh, look! the North Koreans are invading, and my family and friends are in danger! I want to protect the people I love, and the land that I have adopted as my home…but wait! I didn’t take a pledge.”

http://www.victorymanual.com Alex

For the most part, I’m talking about Japan GOING to war, not being waged upon. And even if Japan were attacked, I’m willing to bet most foreign residents would do their best to get the hell out of there. I can see the embassies inundated already. And you can’t guarantee that foreign residents will be willing to fight in any case. After all, they won’t renounce their former citizenship.

Now, taking a pledge and making the effort to become a naturalized citizen is a much bigger display of commitment.

http://oniazuma.wordpress.com oniazuma

I travel alot and if I dont like a country I just dont go there.

If you dont like this just dont go to Japan.

The Overthinker

I see. And so if you have friends and family and a job and roots then you should just leave?

This isn’t about casual visitors, or even businessmen who may be sent to Japan. It’s residents, many of them ‘permanent’, who are upset.

ponta

That’s why the protesters should be more specific.
ponta

In passing, if the system has made them protest Japan’s bid for the Olimpic.it happens I can’t feel happier;I AM strongly against Ishihara’s bid—it is just a waste of money.

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