A U.S. Homeland Security Department official voiced hope Tuesday that the Japanese government will start sometime in the future to take the fingerprints of all 10 fingers of each foreign visitor to step up accuracy of the screening system at... ...full story at Japan Today
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JAPANESE IMMIGRATION REQIRES FINGERPRINTINGS »
YouTube video New immigration procedures will start on November 20, 2007. Under new procedures, when foreign nationals apply for entry Japan, fingerprints and a facial photograph will be taken.
If foreign nationals refuse to provide fingerprints and a facial... |
| 06 Feb 08 |
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Take prints of every finger of foreign visitors: U.S. official »
Japan Times  A U.S. Homeland Security Department official voiced hope that Japan will eventually take the fingerprints of all 10 fingers of each foreign visitor to bolster the accuracy of the screening system. |
| 31 Jan 08 |
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U.S. official to visit Japan to explain new fingerprinting system at JFK, other airports » Japan Today An official of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security will visit Japan on the weekend to explain the new U.S. government police of taking all 10 fingerprints of foreign visitors at New York's John F Kennedy airport and some other airports by the end of... |
| 20 Nov 07 |
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67 civic groups protest against screening system » Japan Times A total of 67 citizens' groups in Japan and overseas released a joint statement Monday opposing biometric screening of foreigners entering the country, which starts Tuesday. Read more . . . |
| 07 Apr 08 |
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Official defends 'Yasukuni' screening for lawmakers » Japan Times Defending the government's involvement in giving lawmakers an advance screening of a documentary on Yasukuni Shrine, a senior Cultural Affairs Agency official argued Monday it was appropriate to show Diet members a film partially funded by taxpayers'... |
| 29 Jul 08 |
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